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Researchers Demonstrate Quantum Levitation

Posted by samzenpus on from the floating-around dept.

UnknownSoldier writes "Wired reports that researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered you can 'lock' a magnetic field into place with a superconductor. They have a very cool demonstration of a frozen puck and some of the neat things you can do with it while its orientation remains locked but its location is movable. Might we someday see high speed trains that will be 'impossible' to tip over, or a new generation of batteries with this technology?"

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  1. Hoverboard by The+Joe+Kewl · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Awesome!
    WHEN Can I order my Hoverboard?!?!?!