Magnet Video That Will Make Your Head Explode

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An unidentified member of the university's Superconductivity Group School of Physics and Astronomy shows off the quantum locking, or quantum trapping, effects of a magnet that's been super cooled with liquid nitrogen. Now we've probably all seen demonstrations of super cooled magnets floating above a track before, with promises of them facilitating high-speed trains zigzagging across the country. But this video goes one step further, showing how the position and angle of the magnet can be locked in a magnetic field while it's in motion. The moral of the story is that it makes for an impressive demo, and I better see hoverboards popping up in toy stores by Christmas.

 

[NAFG2_KDMFTW]

So, if I applied this technology to the paws of my cat.......

 

[webby]

personal cat hovercraft!

 

[NAFG2_KDMFTW]

 

[Nomar06]

Lulz

 

[CivicDew]

The future is now!!

 

[CivicDew]

It would be COOL if this could be used for a Monorail train system across the US.

 

[NAFG2_KDMFTW]

I don't think the US has any plans to improve its railway system drastically anytime soon. Our plans for a route from Tampa to Orlando got shut down by our idiot governor.

 

[KennyGS]

Cool stuff!