Wez Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 thats awesome. no idea if its real, some decent technology or magic going on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 That's mad!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakey Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 It looks really cold but he touches it with his hands. I think fake but hope its not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 It's real, seen it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 real there was a program on sky about it the other night, some show about building a ufo and this was on there as methods of moving it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Group buy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 thats amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I'd imagine it is real, bit like when you use 2 magnets to a certain weight to keep them connected. What interests me the most is the fact he can 'lock' it into position, some very interesting stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Real, I seen it on tomorrows world in the late 80s. The only difference was the extremely cold superconductor was spinning at quite a high velocity. In saying that, I was young so I'm thinking out loud a little here, I think the spinning was to show the benefits of superconductor levitation due to the fact that it would spin for hours with very little energy loss. They were looking into harnessing it and turning it into a generator or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 WITCHCRAFT !!! Burn it !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 WITCHCRAFT !!! Burn it !!! 'Tis the devils work ! I guess in Derbyshire you say the same about electricity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 WITCHCRAFT !!! Burn it !!! To be honest luke warm water would probably kill it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 There are Maglev trains that work on the same principle - there's one in Japan. Trouble is things only superconduct at very low temperatures, so it takes a lot of energy to keep them that cold. Haven't seen the quantum effect that keeps it from moving before - normally superconductors repell the magnetic field and float above it. Very cool. I found an explanation for it on their website http://www.quantumlevitation.com/levitation/The_physics.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Here's a longer vid with some more info... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 That is super cool. There is so much we could do with this stuff. The maglev trains are becoming wide spread. I don't know how much involvement this stuff has with the trains (despite the maglev meaning magnetic levitation) but it shows this stuff really is useful and will be a big part of our future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 That is just insane.. Maybe the 1st step of future travel when the oil and us are all long gone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I suppose the only issue in real use is how to keep the superconductor efficiently cold enough? I wonder if you could have floating cities locked against the earth own magnetic field? Crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I'm with Scott on this. I watched a video on this when I was at secondary school in the early 90s. My science teachers brother worked for a company developing applications for this and similar technology. Evidently they didn't get very far if they are still peddling the same experiment!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMPEROR Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 It's pretty real and you can learn more about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconductivity here http://www.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/question610.htm and one more video for those that are too lazy to read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 "high-temperature" superconductors have been around since the late 80's, iron-based superconductors are pretty new though, and much easier to produce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 how awesome is that! the possibilities... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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