Controlled Quantum Levitation Used To Build Wipeout Track

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 5, 2012 @09:08AM from the why-youtube-exists dept.

First time accepted submitter gentryx writes "Researchers at the Japan Institute of Science and Technology have build a miniature Wipeout track (YouTube video) using high temperature superconductors and quantum levitation. Right now this is fundamental research, but in the future large scale transportation systems could be built with technology akin to this. I have a different vision: let Nintendo sell this as an accessory for the Wii U. I'd buy several of these tracks, let the gliders race through the whole house and track them on our TV!" Update: 01/05 22:08 GMT by S : As many readers have pointed out, this is CGI.

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Re:Sorry to break this, but... by mortonda · 2012-01-05 10:14 · Score: 5, Interesting

The real quantum levitation doesn't need that throttle, just give a push and it would skim around really fast. That doesn't even look right. The real thing is much smoother: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA