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Comment by sbierwagen

Pure marketing. "Quantum levitation" is just flux pinning[1] as seen in all "high temperature" superconductors. All you need a chunk of type 2 superconductor, a strong magnet, and some liquid nitrogen. Note the 852 videos on youtube: http://www.google.com/search?q=superconductor+levitation&...

You can shell out 80 bucks and do it yourself: http://sargentwelch.com/superconductivity-suspension-and-lev... (LN2 not provided.)

There doesn't appear to be any novel physics here at all.

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_pinning

parent sbierwagen 15 years ago

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