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The train set of quantum levitation

September 8, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

I think it will be a while before Hornby can sell anything like this train set. We’ve been able to produce quantum levitation for a few years now and those of us outside the field get to catch up with progress now and then through demos.…

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: model trains, Quantum Levitation, science

Wipeout with recreated with Quantum Levitation

January 3, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you need a quick introduction to quantum levitation then this link has a pretty funky video. We get to see objects zooming around. We learn that we're not really using magnets either. As cool as that introductory video is - it doesn't come close to the geekgasim of recreating the insanely fast paced racing game Wipeout by using quantum levitation. The vapour trails are just too perfect.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Quantum, Quantum Levitation, science, wipeout

Science geeks behold: Quantum Levitation

October 23, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The takeaway for me is that it’s not correct to use the term “floating”. In the video we clearly hear that quantum superconductor is “locked” in position. I imagine they’ve gone with “Quantum levitation” for the video title as a way to describe what the video appears to show.…

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Quantum Levitation, science

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