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Those Amazing Antigravity Machines?
surfimp writes "Wired is running an interesting article about 'lifters', hovering UFO-looking vehicles that have no moving parts, no onboard power supply, and are capable of levitating simply through the application of high amounts of electrical current. Enthusiasts claim their vehicles are examples of a nascent antigravity technology, while more traditional scientists - including some funded by NASA - view them as nothing more than contraptions harnessing ionic winds."
Flying without moving parts! Why couldn't someone come up with this sooner?
blimps... hot air balloons...
I can see the media's interpretation already:
So, to lose weight, apply massive amounts of electrical current
Those Amazing Antigravity Machines
Joke completed.
The coolest voice ever.
Everything is bigger than cold fusion.
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
The concept of "defying gravity" by generating an upward force larger than the force of gravity pulling the object down is indeed very exciting.
May I interest you in a Boeing 747?
a grassroots movement of antigravity fans
Damn, man, just say geeks.
The coolest voice ever.
We can levitate almost a pound using an ion wind created by 120,000 volts. Strikes me that you could send a pound half-way around the earth using 120,000 volts and a rail gun.
:)
Anyone else think Wired authors get paid by the word, with no maximum?
Sorry for the lame reply, I was trying to think of something witty just so I'd get modded up and the right person would read my sig.
Kind thoughts do not change the world
Why would you post this? You know how many
The real missing experiment is the one where we see what happens when you bother to read the article first.
Once equipped with the fantastic knowledge that they did, in fact, perform that experiment, I anticipate great things from you! Your blinding grasp of the obvious and your brave decision to criticize something you didn't read suggest that there are many exciting truths just waiting to pounce from your mouth!
...or, as it is known in most border towns in Texas...."fffrrrriiipppp!!! Damn, Roy...that was SOME good chili!!
That's why I use Trojan (TM) brand rubbers to protect myself in all those "sticky" situations, especially the ones that cause me to exert large amounts of energy.
Have you seen those awesome hovercrafts in Matrix? Recall all the lightning around them? These must be it: "Nebukadnezar - powered by ionic wind!"
"You mortals are so obtuse." -Q
One time, with a small 4kv power supply (hurt, but not too much), I tried something like this. I put a wire near the flame, near the base, and charged myself with the other. I then put my finger next to the flame as to give the illusion that I was controlling the flame. Well, it worked too good, and the flame shot at my finger, bending directly onto it. I not only got burnt almost instantly, but got shocked a little as well! Heheh. Stupid me.
Well, it worked too good, and the flame shot at my finger, bending directly onto it. I not only got burnt almost instantly, but got shocked a little as well!
Trying to win a Darwin Award in multiple simultaneous categories?
Table-ized A.I.
In fact, had they have done the engine in java, you would have anti-gravity...
And if you did the engine in strong tea you would have an infinite improbability engine, right?