Boaz Almog "levitates" a superconductor

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  • Опубліковано 1 лип 2012
  • www.ted.com How can a super-thin, three-inch disk levitate something 70,000 times its own weight? In a riveting, futuristic demonstration, Boaz Almog shows how a phenomenon known as quantum locking allows a superconductor disk to float over a magnetic rail -- completely frictionlessly and with zero energy loss.
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  • @Manahyde
    @Manahyde 9 років тому +352

    "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
    _~ Arthur C. Clarke_

  • @nellynelson965
    @nellynelson965 9 років тому +130

    Well thats arguably the coolest thing ive seen on TED for a long while. The potential applications for this are amazing, even to my limited brain

    • @TimReevesy
      @TimReevesy 9 років тому +7

      ***** I always like the vids you comment on, this was fascinating, thanks for leading me to it.

    • @MrNatmax
      @MrNatmax 5 років тому

      Let's think about QLock trains or QLock industrial elevators
      or even better, QLock Highways, I'm just waiting for the time we could make "Syncron Batteries" capacitators tha would be Syncronized in an flux frequency avaliable kilometers from the towers, so everything would be energized just as much as it needs with no cables

    • @blackopal3138
      @blackopal3138 5 років тому +1

      @@MrNatmax - Really dude? You're just going to try and get credit for Nikola Tesla's work on the www? Good luck with that.

    • @MrNatmax
      @MrNatmax 5 років тому

      @@blackopal3138 the point was to make someone remember that Nikola Tesla already had this Idea
      but we just don't have this becauso none have helped him

    • @MrNatmax
      @MrNatmax 5 років тому

      @@blackopal3138 We are just rediscovering what he did and thinking about what could we do with that, like he did

  • @scwarzewaffe85
    @scwarzewaffe85 8 років тому +177

    Anti grav racing is just around the corner...
    Wipeout will soon be a reality!

    • @maxieprimo2758
      @maxieprimo2758 8 років тому +5

      Who is paying for billions of dollars of sapphire and steel?

    • @alexpraddo5780
      @alexpraddo5780 7 років тому +1

      Same as who is paying for steel and carbon right now. Us.

    • @maxieprimo2758
      @maxieprimo2758 7 років тому +1

      I'd be a HUGE jump in taxes if we want any of this built, and nobody wants that.

    • @batmandeltaforce
      @batmandeltaforce 6 років тому +1

      Cute trick, but obviously this has little to do with anti-gravity... if it did it would float wherever you put it. Gravity is a whole nother force. It is the fabric of the universe.

    • @jackyxiao8383
      @jackyxiao8383 5 років тому

      yeah, sci-fi will not be fiction anymore

  • @sikaizhang6767
    @sikaizhang6767 5 років тому +89

    This is videoed in 2012, why I just found there’s such a cool thing as Quantum Locking in 2019 and never heard about it before?!

    • @timthomson8362
      @timthomson8362 5 років тому +2

      Because it proves thw flat earth and hiw the sun and moon actuall y work

    • @noxlar
      @noxlar 5 років тому +1

      yea wtf.. governments are refusing real life stuff from it?

    • @hankyboy42594
      @hankyboy42594 4 роки тому +6

      Tim Thomson either you’re a troll or just uneducated.

    • @hankyboy42594
      @hankyboy42594 4 роки тому +1

      Look up Lexus hover board. They made a hover board that works on this same principle.

    • @TheAlchemicalPortal
      @TheAlchemicalPortal 4 роки тому

      @@hankyboy42594 or both

  • @Roy_Godiksen
    @Roy_Godiksen 12 років тому +15

    I love TEDtalks. I am so gratefull for this youtube channel. Thanks and respect to all the people who make it happen. From the staff to the talkers.

  • @AverageBosnian
    @AverageBosnian 12 років тому +4

    This is so beautiful. I watched it earlier on TV somewhere, and still is awesome.

  • @AntonioMudge
    @AntonioMudge 9 років тому +6

    F-ZERO WAS THE GAME!!! Great video

  • @thomasseils4031
    @thomasseils4031 11 років тому +1

    This is absolutely amazing. From a mechanical engineering stand point my head started into application mode. How to keep the conductors cold, and what could be achieved!!.

  • @RCJakob
    @RCJakob 9 років тому +7

    This is absolutely amazing !!!

  • @yousorooo
    @yousorooo 9 років тому +27

    So where is my hoverboard?

    • @SonlangSiek
      @SonlangSiek 9 років тому

      I think they're gonna need to make a hover board trail specifically :o BUY ME ONE!

    • @mrmeadowsiscool
      @mrmeadowsiscool 9 років тому +4

      Derek Leung as soon as the sidewalks and streets are constructed of magnets

    • @yousorooo
      @yousorooo 9 років тому +1

      Joshua Meadows The earth is a giant magnet.

    • @SonlangSiek
      @SonlangSiek 9 років тому

      WAIT! HOW DO WE BRAKE!? We're gonna need to manual stop with friction on the ground or something of that sort right? o.o

    • @joshuayang42
      @joshuayang42 9 років тому

      Sonlang Siek To break, add heat to the hover board for it to lose its superconductor properties?

  • @aimansaif2936
    @aimansaif2936 4 роки тому

    Excellent discription👍👏👏👏

  • @revoluchien
    @revoluchien 12 років тому

    This is absolutely amazing! i love watching these videos.

  • @DontTouchMyCroissant
    @DontTouchMyCroissant 12 років тому +4

    Could this be used for moving things? I'm sure there's much more incredible uses for this, but the first thing I thought of was putting a superconductor under my sofa and moving it with remote control to my new flat.

  • @pandorasnow
    @pandorasnow 10 років тому +22

    much science, so light

  • @musicmix934
    @musicmix934 4 роки тому

    I am from Sudan and a fan of your useful contents. Thank you

  • @thesupreme743
    @thesupreme743 7 років тому +1

    Great accomplishment Bro. We are proud once again.

  • @KKrusher
    @KKrusher 10 місяців тому +4

    LK-99 says hello

  • @6rban100k
    @6rban100k 7 років тому +21

    Is this good for High end GPU in PC

  • @anikyt7570
    @anikyt7570 11 років тому

    Get to see awesome stuff in TED....Thank you...

  • @ExclusiveManual
    @ExclusiveManual 12 років тому +1

    This amazing discovery is finally on TED!!!

  • @yoppindia
    @yoppindia 8 років тому +6

    Have to wait another hundred years to have some practical and economic application!

    • @Chizzy941
      @Chizzy941 5 років тому

      yoppindia the magnets in MRI machines are generated by superconductors

  • @ThabetMarwa
    @ThabetMarwa 5 років тому +8

    Feels good to finally understand how the turtle on which the Earth sits is lifted.

  • @rajah8433
    @rajah8433 10 років тому +1

    Wow !! Super ...feature technology so happy to seen. Thanks to uploading sir..

  • @premed2
    @premed2 12 років тому +2

    I love our interactions David. I had a friend who thought consciousness was a fundamental part of the universe, but I thought it was an emergent phenomenon. We had a wonderful interaction. I'm sure you will agree that disagreeing can be very agreeable for those intrested in exploring the truth. It is through the interchange of opposing ideas where we grow and learn the most. I have learned much from you, and I have changed some of my positions as a result.
    No one has a monopoly on the truth.

  • @narutodssunny
    @narutodssunny 10 років тому +6

    Make F-Zero and Wipe out happen; we have the technology.

  • @alexanderk2294
    @alexanderk2294 4 роки тому +25

    Can’t believe this hasn’t been patched yet

    • @morgansmart1265
      @morgansmart1265 3 роки тому +1

      What did you mean by this ?

    • @TheYCrafter
      @TheYCrafter 3 роки тому +2

      @@morgansmart1265 obvious. Because we all know the world is a simulation this should have been patched. A glitch in the matrix.

    • @morgansmart1265
      @morgansmart1265 3 роки тому

      @@TheYCrafter lol definitely a glitch in the matrix, this technology is on the verge of serious applications 😁

  • @tr38bax
    @tr38bax 12 років тому +1

    That's amazing... So what are the requirements for the magnet that is supporting the superconductor? That could be an obstacle to weight-bearing activities if the gauze requirement is too high- aside from any cooling issues.

  • @fattyspat
    @fattyspat 12 років тому

    I wish I knew the date when this talk was given

  • @starcrashr
    @starcrashr 9 років тому +7

    Does the pinned superconductor and the load attached to it add to the weight of the magnetic base it's pinned to? If I use a disc to pin a car to a magnet like you described, would I be able to lift the magnet with the car as if I were only lifting the magnet, or would it be just as strenuous as lifting the car with it? Does the superconductor pin directly to the magnet, or to the space around itself and only move with the magnet in response to changes in space?

    • @TheBratis
      @TheBratis 9 років тому +2

      Jane Doe Now that is a REAL question, worthy of such topic. I'd really like to know the answer to this as well. If the superconductor does not add its weight to the magnet beneath... oh, the possibilities....

    • @96ace96
      @96ace96 7 років тому +7

      Jane Doe A bit late perhaps, but no. If you want to accelerate mass you need the necessary amount of energy. lifting the magnet would include lifting the car. Just like lifting a rope includes lifting whatever it is attached to.

    • @lecobra418
      @lecobra418 7 років тому

      Except that a rope doesn't obey to the same laws of physics. He said that it was not a repulsion, but a quantum locking, to me it mean that the magnet doesn't support any weight at all, everything is supported by the supraconductor x magnetic field.
      So it could be possible yet it seems unlikely.

    • @96ace96
      @96ace96 7 років тому +5

      Le Cobra No. It isn't possible. If you want to accelerate something, you need to use energy to do it.

    • @gojitheyoutuber2261
      @gojitheyoutuber2261 5 років тому +2

      It would act like a zero friction suspension that you can use to move along the rail. The rail would have the weight of the car pushing down on the magnetic suspension, by the car would stay locked in the air. The car would still have friction due to air resistance, but it would make it easier to move. Because it doesn’t require friction with the ground, so it would stay in motion with less force. He could not literally hold the car in his hand because the weight has to go somewhere, but he could push the car along if it was on a magnetic rail system.

  • @himynamesfather
    @himynamesfather 8 років тому +3

    I wonder if anyone has made a foil nacelle pressure chamber to contain and exhaust that gas.

    • @blackopal3138
      @blackopal3138 5 років тому

      Yeah, Geordi Laforge…. but his work was stolen by the Romulans and they had him eliminated, so the only existing one is on Romulus.

    • @chriskapitz9816
      @chriskapitz9816 2 роки тому

      Sorry, what gas?

  • @salimistery
    @salimistery 11 років тому

    wow..i think i just fell in love with that floating disk..!
    this rocks..!

  • @HeWhoAvoidsTheLight
    @HeWhoAvoidsTheLight 12 років тому

    that is the coolest thing ive seen so far.

  • @Rimmer7
    @Rimmer7 10 років тому +5

    Does anyone else suddenly have the urge to play F-Zero GX?

  • @wuwear1995
    @wuwear1995 11 років тому +7

    thank you sir. you have just proved how ufo's fly. amazing

    • @MikeLevin
      @MikeLevin 2 роки тому

      That was my intent ;-)

  • @edal61
    @edal61 10 місяців тому +1

    For me, this "quantum locking, not levitation" thing, perfectly explains how UAP's move about.

  • @AndreasLindful
    @AndreasLindful 7 років тому +5

    Would it be possible to use the magnetic field of the Earth for flying saucers ? Could a bigger conducter ( e.g. 3 Meter) be used for transportion into space for everyone ? At least like the flying cars in the movie: "The Fifth Element" :) Or is the magentic field of the Earth to weak ? Thank you for your amazing speech !

    • @blackopal3138
      @blackopal3138 5 років тому +1

      Now that's using your noggin,lol, love the flying saucer question.... But the magnetic field is out in space. It cannot be accessed on the surface or even from the atmosphere. peace

    • @Max_G4
      @Max_G4 4 роки тому

      @@blackopal3138 The Earth's magnetic field can absolutely be used on its surface. Just look at a compass.
      The problem is just that it's not that strong.

    • @blackopal3138
      @blackopal3138 4 роки тому +1

      @@Max_G4 lol, i'm a little surprised that I answered that so definitively, like I would know. Compass is a compelling example. In effect we already have the proof of concept, we just have to start increasing the load capacity. Look at LED 100 yrs later. Never know, pretty cool. peace

  • @robinwersich3424
    @robinwersich3424 7 років тому +4

    so if it can carry so much weight, why is he able to change its position in the magnetic field with so little effort?

    • @robinwersich3424
      @robinwersich3424 7 років тому +1

      Yeah ok, that makes Sense ^^

    • @teresaGarcia-hu8pi
      @teresaGarcia-hu8pi 7 років тому

      Robin Wersich - like a magnet buddy! it's easier to navigate away from its force rather than against it, I often get the impression people are so skeptical about everything. is this a cool trend?

    • @robinwersich3424
      @robinwersich3424 7 років тому

      teresa Garcia I don't really get your point...
      But Jwaxenbaum602 already made it clear for me

    • @blackopal3138
      @blackopal3138 5 років тому

      @@robinwersich3424 - her point is that she is better than you. peace

  • @JaySmith91
    @JaySmith91 12 років тому

    It can be locked at any height. The electromagnetic field lines spread out away from the magnets, so there's a maximum distance where the locking effect can only just counteract the superconductor's weight.

  • @sonnybrown4758
    @sonnybrown4758 12 років тому

    I don't think any of this is new at all, but it is fascinating.

  • @perplexedpuzzled5241
    @perplexedpuzzled5241 9 років тому +10

    There is no such term as "quantum locking". It is known in all superconductivity books and papers as flux pinning, which occurs in only Type II superconductors.

  • @bnewton149
    @bnewton149 10 років тому +6

    Bioshock infinite brought me here

    • @blackopal3138
      @blackopal3138 5 років тому

      What's more important is what will it take to make you leave 😮 … 😂 I jest... self-entertainment therapy... peace

  • @Lovebug8779
    @Lovebug8779 12 років тому +2

    Thank you for this video. I really enjoyed it despite the fact that as a student I preferred my chemistry classes rather than my physics class.

  • @TheBeatifulman
    @TheBeatifulman 12 років тому +1

    I've never seen it demonstrated. strange considering how impressive it looks.

  • @Z0o0L
    @Z0o0L 8 років тому +8

    finally i know how the pyramids were built in these times thnx^^

    • @blackopal3138
      @blackopal3138 5 років тому

      Bang! Missing piece of the puzzle, eh? Good on you, I hope I can figure it all out one day too!

  • @Bonerific0
    @Bonerific0 9 років тому +12

    My name is Jeff

  • @PiraticalFox
    @PiraticalFox 12 років тому

    That would be amazing. Imagine the applications.

  • @jordanmcqueen4714
    @jordanmcqueen4714 10 місяців тому +2

    WE'RE SO BACK

  • @jpeckham3d
    @jpeckham3d 8 років тому +4

    Has anyone tried mixing this type of levitation with gyroscopic procession? Maybe this is how ufos move sideways while repulsive against earth's magnetism.

    • @theskeletonboi
      @theskeletonboi 7 років тому +3

      You overestimate the earth's magnetic strength. If anything had enough power to push against the magnetic core, it would collapse it in the process. The earth's core is molten, thus in a liquid state, it's magnetic direction can move around quite easily, especially if something had enough power to push against it. Newtons third law prevents something like this from existing, maybe if the earth's core wasn't in a liquid state, but even then, a silly idea to be honest.

    • @yaoooy
      @yaoooy 7 років тому

      I think the most difficult part of having a quantum locked ufo, is to keep it at a low temperature required for the superconductivity state to stay. maybe some alien did it, maybe not.

  • @THERE.IS.NO.DEATH.
    @THERE.IS.NO.DEATH. 8 років тому +25

    it can levitate a small car?...THEN SHOW US THAT.

    • @mikewahby
      @mikewahby 8 років тому +2

      hey hes showing you the possibilities of the technology this shiz is amazing

    • @charlessharpe2121
      @charlessharpe2121 8 років тому +4

      +There is no death. How about you show us? Take the responsibility in your own hands before you ask another? If you are not interested, maybe you can do some research and at least show us how its possible? I would show, but people never try to answer the questions themselves. Rather just bark

    • @THERE.IS.NO.DEATH.
      @THERE.IS.NO.DEATH. 8 років тому +6

      Charles B. Sharpe
      He made the claim that he can levitate a small car, not me, so he should hold up to his claim. That's my point.

    • @mikewahby
      @mikewahby 8 років тому +1

      if you want to see this tech in real life look at Coral Gables castle in Flordia the oil cartels are shelfing this stuff dude Bozag couldn't even if he could and wanted to show your small pea brained nous

    • @THERE.IS.NO.DEATH.
      @THERE.IS.NO.DEATH. 8 років тому

      mikewahby
      coral castle is made of light weight rock he didnt need to use levitation

  • @redbeard623
    @redbeard623 12 років тому

    I wonder what force was slowing down the round magnet spinning demonstration midway through. Magnetic polar resistance?

  • @Zormac
    @Zormac 12 років тому

    Oh I guess I had missed that out! Thanks!

  • @danslik1738
    @danslik1738 4 роки тому +7

    The sun is a super conductor circling above our Flat Earth☝😄

  • @titjentoteborg6869
    @titjentoteborg6869 8 років тому +7

    WTF!? Nothing new - for 100 years now. Go to your nearest University and listen to a course about superconductivity. The reaction of the audience is kinda ridiculous

  • @LoveAndPeaceOccurs
    @LoveAndPeaceOccurs 12 років тому

    WOW! Thank You, Boaz Almog for this remarkable information ... you present it well.

  • @effricate
    @effricate 11 років тому

    Look the article in Wikipedia about the superconductivity. As far as I remember from school, this effect appears on extremely low temperatures (about 4..77K), so the conductor has to be frozen down by the liquid helium or nitrogen. There is a certain boundary (look at the graph in the beginning) when the common conductor (joking, it's a special fusion) becomes a superconductor. So as the cold plate heats, the boundary is exceeded, and it not a superconductor anymore, so it stops flying and fall.

  • @WhoYouCantSee
    @WhoYouCantSee 11 років тому

    What was the superconducting disk made of? what material? can it be any metal or material that can withstand the extreme temp?

  • @guillermoramos6572
    @guillermoramos6572 6 років тому

    Cuanto tiempo debe de quedar en el nitrógeno para que funcione

  • @nandm9146
    @nandm9146 4 роки тому

    What happens if you put a compass on it? Would the compass arrow indicate north? Or will the compass arrow spin? Can you try it?

  • @oliverjamescarr
    @oliverjamescarr 12 років тому

    Now to find an efficient way to keep all these superconductors chilled...

  • @ExperimentLife
    @ExperimentLife 12 років тому

    Outstanding research!

  • @johnrhoe5653
    @johnrhoe5653 11 років тому +1

    The super conductor slowly heats up and begins to loose its properties. It is this change of state that accounts for the slowing you witnessed. And yes, air resistance is part of the answer. There are several variables involved.

  • @ananyaanand1756
    @ananyaanand1756 8 років тому

    sir, it was thankful that u introduce us a new era that we can imagine and create a new world..........its quite motivating. I had studied about it and make some effort to step this concept forward but really worried about its drawback. superconductor show its conductivity at a particular tempreture , if tempreture change its property losted.......can you suggest technique that can practiced to maintain its tempreture.????????

    • @maxieprimo2758
      @maxieprimo2758 8 років тому

      Consistent liquid nitrogen injections will make that happen. It will not replace cars, but I think trains will be obsolete, as a quantum locked pod in a vacuum chamber will be able to reach five times the speed of sound in under fifty-eight seconds.

    • @ananyaanand1756
      @ananyaanand1756 8 років тому

      How to deal with this drawback??? Instead of applying constant flow of liquid nitrogen ....is there not any way to deal with superconductor..??? If we are able to work at its drawbacks at atomic level then this constant demand of liquid. N2 will not be required....

    • @maxieprimo2758
      @maxieprimo2758 8 років тому

      That is a drawback, but think about going around the earth in minutes.

  • @jamusignoramus
    @jamusignoramus 12 років тому

    I was thoroughly impressed by the transcription that Google Captions gave in this video

  • @kidmecha
    @kidmecha 12 років тому

    That is absolutely incredible

  • @timeisapathwalkingtounderstand
    @timeisapathwalkingtounderstand 5 років тому

    Thank you for explaining here in New York City 5 in the morning wondering what's a superconductor

  • @darkmetal101
    @darkmetal101 10 років тому

    This is just amazing!

  • @MillerTime1209
    @MillerTime1209 10 років тому

    So why does it fall at about 8:45? Is this due to the superconductor's temperature being raised to above 100K (superconductor jurisdiction) which in turn causes there to be resistance and energy loss? Because if it stayed with no resistance then it should be able to go along the path until someone or something outside the system stops it, right?

  • @ravellwolf
    @ravellwolf 12 років тому

    Air resistance and the loss of superconductivity from the material heating up as it's exposed to room temperature air.
    If you keep it in a vacuum and keep the temperature below critical, it would remain frictionless.

  • @Zormac
    @Zormac 12 років тому

    Oh I was talking about the thicker disk, not the .5 micron one, but I guess it's probably the same disk with something around it.
    Anyway thanks for the feedback.

  • @user-vv5rf2jm4v
    @user-vv5rf2jm4v 9 місяців тому

    Can you use the liquid nitrogen in coils inside the ceramics to go around an magnet in a form of a cylinder to constantly keep spinning and levitate

  • @Dimension13XYZZY
    @Dimension13XYZZY 12 років тому

    It is possible to adjust it with just a little push, but u need a *lot* of force to push it all the way down into contact with the magnet rail.

  • @2nd3rd1st
    @2nd3rd1st 12 років тому

    7:45 That was not the first time this has been demonstrated, he did that a year ago already. But those attendees don't visit UA-cam of course.
    He could speak at an Apple iPad keynote. Same rhetoric, same dramatic pauses. It's magical.

  • @umleigoqualquer
    @umleigoqualquer 4 роки тому +1

    É realmente impressionante, mas tem uma limitação curtíssima de tempo. O disco precisa ser mantido em uma temperatura baixíssima, e esse é o desafio.

  • @jasminesahni1102
    @jasminesahni1102 6 років тому

    Hi, can you please name the superconductor material used here?

  • @DiegoGuillermoSchmidt
    @DiegoGuillermoSchmidt 11 років тому

    This is the way to go for future transportation.

  • @aandonii
    @aandonii 11 років тому

    I'm curious as to could its centrifugal force be greater than the force of the locking and thus derailing itself? His arm effortlessly removes the disks. What is the force require the detach it?

  • @Zormac
    @Zormac 12 років тому

    Yes I guess you are right. Thanks for the feedback!

  • @mttdms
    @mttdms 10 років тому

    This nearly made me cry, God bless science.

  • @vinhluu7985
    @vinhluu7985 Рік тому

    Where can i learn more about it

  • @MikeLevin
    @MikeLevin 3 роки тому +2

    Could you swap out the neodymium magnets with electromagnets? And then maybe swap that out for polarized vacuum? Even possible? How many years away?

  • @Aeoronautical
    @Aeoronautical 11 років тому

    i believe the disc is made of ceramic compound and by cooling with liquid nitrogen it releases a magnetic field when the atoms react to the rise back to room temprature. i would like to see a similar experiment where the disc is heated with lasers, curious to see if it would be more reactive under controlled temp.

  • @rudy_4ier
    @rudy_4ier 10 років тому

    thank you. i must learn to listen more attentively

  • @eleduhel
    @eleduhel 11 років тому

    This opens so much doors... how long will it be till we see machines working like this? I hope they don't finde any flaws on this!

  • @prutissbartlow8835
    @prutissbartlow8835 4 роки тому +1

    That's a brother speaking LOL

  • @detached
    @detached 12 років тому

    What determines the distance between the superconductor and the magnet?

  • @markcross109
    @markcross109 5 років тому +1

    Can we apply a much lower temperature to a super conductor, and will it be able to have a negative resistance to make it more responsive to magnetic fields? I know it sounds dumb as it oppose the law but who knows

    • @DaProHobbit
      @DaProHobbit 5 років тому

      Mark Cross There isn't a lower temperature than 0 K.

  • @shade1978x
    @shade1978x 12 років тому

    What wizardry is this?! Awesome!

  • @hawaiidispenser
    @hawaiidispenser 12 років тому

    So the catch is keeping it chilled, I guess?

  • @rrosasvette
    @rrosasvette 11 років тому

    There are only certain materials that can become superconductors. There are quite a few metals on the periodic table and alloys that have this ability. The one in this video is a ceramic called YBCO and its transition temperature is 92 K, which is why he can get it to superconduct with liquid nitrogen (77 K).
    As long as the superconductor stays cool then it will float forever. As it travels around the track though, many sources of energy are heating it up.

  • @SotNist
    @SotNist 12 років тому +1

    it would be awesome if various building blocks were like this in the future and you could just assemble free standing buildings that quantum lock into place based on a carefully planned push-pull (vs. each other & pre-existing magnetic fields) schematic. it could lock into an unbreakable form and deflect any force exerted upon it. you could have Thor trying to smash the quantum locking citadel with Mjolnir and knocking himself out.

  • @sonnybrown4758
    @sonnybrown4758 12 років тому

    I think that would put a damper on the situation.

  • @Htrac
    @Htrac 11 років тому

    This is amazingly cool.

  • @AlejandroIrausquin
    @AlejandroIrausquin 12 років тому

    You and how many more? I have seen several videos of the phenomenum but not a single one explaing it, until this one. That is what TEDs is about, talking about ideas worth sharing...

  • @jainpranya
    @jainpranya 12 років тому

    He redefined the word 'awesome'.

  • @yourfather000
    @yourfather000 5 років тому

    How does it stick with the magnet when inverted ???
    What keeps it pulled??

    • @eternaleffect2499
      @eternaleffect2499 5 років тому

      It has locked itself around the magnetic field created the magnet and it don't like any change in its configuration coz that will produce current

  • @JayIsNotAsian
    @JayIsNotAsian 11 років тому

    what kind of material are made superconductors??

  • @Clementinewoollysock
    @Clementinewoollysock 10 років тому

    Each plate interacts with the magnetic field, basically changing it so that when it reaches the inner plates, it wouldn't have the same effect

  • @zawazawa17
    @zawazawa17 3 роки тому

    Superconductivity sure looks like an interesting topicccc!!! I’m thrilled

  • @FilzSkillz
    @FilzSkillz 10 років тому

    But if the 2mm disc was made, as someone asked earlier, does the guy have to hold up the weight of the car or does the wafer render the car weightless?

  • @SytrusISurtys
    @SytrusISurtys 12 років тому

    how could you possibly dislike this?