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Those Amazing Antigravity Machines?

Posted by simoniker on from the up-up-and-improbably-away dept.

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."

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  1. Re:More traditional scientists? by Dylan+Zimmerman · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Volts jolt, but mills kill.

    You can pump hundreds of thousands of volts through the human body and it won't actually kill you as long as the current is low enough. However, it only take a small amount of current to kill yourself. I forget the actual numbers, though.