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Comment by tobinfricke

"it would be cool if I could do this as well and having floating objects in my home"

The reported thrust of the device is in the tens of micronewtons. Assuming it weighs 1 kg, you would need approximately a million times more thrust for the device to levitate (i.e. counteract its own weight) at the surface of the earth.

parent tobinfricke 12 years ago

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