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October 20, 2011 8:59 PM

Quantum Levitation. [SLYT] Wowowowowowowowowow.
posted by whimsicalnymph (13 comments total)

Let me guess, a little disk cooled by liquid nitrogen floating above a row of permanent magnets?
posted by c13 at 9:02 PM on October 20, 2011 [4 favorites]

double
posted by XMLicious at 9:06 PM on October 20, 2011

This looks like pretty standard superconductivity -- but it sure is a great video to show how cool it can be.
posted by chimaera at 9:06 PM on October 20, 2011 [1 favorite]

I still don't believe in zero electrical resistance. They mean a really really small amount of electrical resistance, right?
posted by 256 at 9:11 PM on October 20, 2011

This isn't really a double. It's a totally new post in a parallel universe.
posted by twoleftfeet at 9:20 PM on October 20, 2011 [3 favorites]

Triple. I should know.
posted by unSane at 9:20 PM on October 20, 2011

Technically not levitation but quantum *locking*, which is a lot cooler. In other words, the disk is not "floating" but rather locked in place by flux pinning. Notice last demonstration.
posted by AndYouWillKnowUsByTheTrailOfBread at 9:22 PM on October 20, 2011

This in no way violates Newtonian levitation, as spelled out in Newton's Law of Levity.
posted by twoleftfeet at 9:23 PM on October 20, 2011

Easy there, Sonny Jim, I remember seeing these types of experiments on "Beyond 2000" and "The Next Step."
posted by nataaniinez at 9:34 PM on October 20, 2011

Fucking magnets. How do they work?
posted by zachlipton at 9:35 PM on October 20, 2011 [1 favorite]

Quanta le gusta?
posted by longsleeves at 9:38 PM on October 20, 2011

This is exactly the shit I was expecting out of the iPhone 5.
posted by bicyclefish at 9:39 PM on October 20, 2011 [3 favorites]

Thing that was posted on Kottke shows up on Metafilter.
posted by Afroblanco at 9:42 PM on October 20, 2011 [1 favorite]