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Controlled Quantum Levitation Used To Build Wipeout Track

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Um? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Um... it's a confirmed fake?

    1. Re:Um? by McDrewbs · · Score: 5, Informative

      Even if the video itself was believable, which it wasn't. The youtube video has this snippet in the description. "(C) Copyright! All rights reserved belong to Sony Entertainment and SCE Studio Liverpool." Little bit of a give-away and all it took was a little reading.

    2. Re:Um? by Zelucifer · · Score: 2

      The technology exists though and from what I've seen isn't incredibly difficult (although I may be misinformed) to replicate, so I have to wonder why they didn't do so.

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    3. Re:Um? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      What tipped me off was that it was available in 720p and clear to view. Most science demonstration videos are at best 320p, with alot of grainy artefacts.

    4. Re:Um? by Khyber · · Score: 1

      If only you could read Japanese....

      "This is a short recording Taju Mohn our research and experiments on quantum levitation. Bibliography of young researchers in the lab said the game "Wipe'Out" was inspired by our research led to the launch.

      They are the result of research by our near future, life-sized "Wipe'Out" would have been expected to be a race."

      Also, the technology (and understood quantum effects) exists and is well documented.

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    5. Re:Um? by hairyfeet · · Score: 1

      Not to mention if it was real that would just show we needed to kick some nerd scientist butt! Dammit them little white coat wearing geeks been promising us flying cars and sexbots since Steve Austin was kicking Fembot booty back in 74, so WTF? You can waste all that money putting a flag on the dang moon but you can't give us the single most revolutionary invention in all of mankind, the perfect sexbot? get off your damned asses and quit playing with model cars ya damned geeks! I want to come home and find an Alyson Hannigan sexbot making me steak already! So quit playing with your damned toys and get cloning us perfect women like Alyson Hannigan and Scarlett Johansson instead of goofing off with your damned toys, which FYI they are toys and NOT action fricking figures!! We ain't getting any younger ya know! How much ya wanna bet if one of their cells go off they wander around confused because they ALL have the damed Star Wars theme as a ringtone? NERDS!

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    6. Re:Um? by justforgetme · · Score: 1

      In english it says that
      "This is a short recording of our work in q-levitation in a project inspired by the game wipe'out"
      It says that the demonstration is inspired by wipeout, not the quantum levitation research.

      Also to GP who thinks this is a fake because it has a copyright disclaimer, the copyright
      disclaimer apparently references to all wipe'out IP, that is music, theming, the name wipe'out etc.

      Anyway, I'm not saying that this isn't a fake. But if it is a fake I cannot see the telltales.

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    7. Re:Um? by mihalisgr · · Score: 1

      Its still real to me dammit! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8HhXaFtZ10

    8. Re:Um? by Khyber · · Score: 1

      No, I'm implying that this could EASILY be manufactured and done IRL. Of course, I know which principles they're using, and how said principles work.

      Sure, the video is CGI, but some of these people are saying the ENTIRE thing is fake. They obviously failed some advanced physics classes, or fell asleep in them.

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    9. Re:Um? by slim · · Score: 1

      I do think it's fake. But when people have phones that shoot 720p video and upload it to YouTube in a couple of clicks, being in HD isn't the suspicious bit.

  2. Sorry to break this, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...the video is a fake. I'm amazed that OP didn't catch this, and I'm amazed it fell through the cracks and ended up on the front page. Seriously, just look at the CGI effects.

    1. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by Dyinobal · · Score: 1

      ya I saw this already and I thought it looked fishy myself.

    2. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by g0bshiTe · · Score: 4, Informative

      @ 1:14 you can see the smoke going through the curve on the track.

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    3. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by mortonda · · 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

    4. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by Skal+Tura · · Score: 1

      wow, that is absolutely amazing!
      Tho is that even real :/ but if it is, wait till when we can do this at temperatures upto +40C !
      Now that would be freakishly cool

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    5. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by Twinbee · · Score: 1

      So what would be some of the hurdles to get a life-sized Wipeout track based around this principle? At a guess, I'd say almost limitless quantities of energy would be the main hurdle to cool the track down enough. (I know you get maglev trains, but they're fixed to a track and can't move left or right).

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    6. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by TheKidWho · · Score: 1

      You don't cool the track down, you would cool the vehicles themselves, and you could probably cool them enough with dry ice along with "refueling" for some lengthy races.

    7. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by geekoid · · Score: 1

      well you would if you wanted to control the object. Initially I thought they made a break through that allowed it to push itself. Sooo. bummer.

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    8. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by crossmr · · Score: 1

      Why would you be amazed? This is pretty much par for the course here these days..

    9. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by skids · · Score: 1

      The absolutely massive amounts of Nd you would require to cover that much acreage in 1 foot thick rare earth magnets, for one?

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    10. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by w_dragon · · Score: 3, Informative

      Dry ice is generally around -78C before sublimating, while liquid nitrogen is something like -200C when it evaporates. I don't think we yet have superconductors that can get hot enough for dry ice to be sufficient cooling. Thankfully we've moved from liquid helium (gas at -270C) to nitrogen, which saves a bunch of energy, so maybe one day we'll get there, but not yet.

    11. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by mortonda · · Score: 1

      Very simple electromagnets could handle that...

    12. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by locketine · · Score: 2

      Thanks for actually pointing out something tangible that is wrong with the video.

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    13. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by justforgetme · · Score: 1

      indeed, this could be easily done with maglev tech.

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    14. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by GameboyRMH · · Score: 1

      To do IRL Wipeout it would be far easier to build some kind of hovercraft, along these lines:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i5WYZdhDFY

      These are closer to regular old hovercrafts, I'm thinking something more like a VTOL craft that uses a combination of lifting thrust and ground-effect aerodynamic lift.

      In any case you can forget about the big jumps.

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    15. Re:Sorry to break this, but... by pmontra · · Score: 1

      Quantum tunneling :-)

  3. THIS IS FAKE by cultiv8 · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's a trailer for a movie. Jesus people do your homework.

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    1. Re:THIS IS FAKE by Maddog+Batty · · Score: 1

      Look carefully and the vapour trails go through the walls.

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    2. Re:THIS IS FAKE by mark-t · · Score: 1

      Not that I doubt it's fake, but what movie was this part of a trailer for? The article at your link did not say.

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    3. Re:THIS IS FAKE by mugnyte · · Score: 1

      If you read your own link, it posits that the vid MAY be a viral ad, much like a SIMILAR one previously turned out to be shelling for a movie.

      However, this vid has not been in any way associated with an ad campaign. It's just a CGI mockup with what seems like a real track and fake cars. This implies the publishers went through considerable effort to create it physically, but failed to achieve their goal.

      Overall, this is deceptive and only does them a disservice.

    4. Re:THIS IS FAKE by dzfoo · · Score: 1

      I thought it was obvious: for a new game from Sony Entertsinment: Wipeout Quamtum.

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    5. Re:THIS IS FAKE by dzfoo · · Score: 1

      Not quite failed. Geeks in /. now are aware of the (upcoming) Wipeout Quantum game, presumably for the PS3.

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  4. Slashdot trolled by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yep, you lose slashdot. This is a troll. If it was controlled levitation the rotation of the vehicles would be fixed to their original position, and would not rotate to match the track.

    1. Re:Slashdot trolled by gtirloni · · Score: 2

      When I saw this a few days ago, it was so obviously clear that it was a fake that I didn't bother to watch until the end.

      And now it shows in Slashdot. Jesus.

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    2. Re:Slashdot trolled by Billy+the+Mountain · · Score: 1

      Not so fast. The orientation of the vehicle depends on the orientation of the magnetic field and the orientation of the magnetic field is easy to set within the track. Can't say this is a fake or not but I think the physics is sound.

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    3. Re:Slashdot trolled by g0bshiTe · · Score: 1

      I'm guilty of watching, but more in the hopes they had Fluke playing the backing track.

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    4. Re:Slashdot trolled by gtirloni · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Don't be so uptight about this.

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    5. Re:Slashdot trolled by skids · · Score: 3, Informative

      Depends whether the hypothetical field was a trench. If the field bent with the track, then the flux-pinning would make it turn to the field closest to that which it had pinned to. The video is pretty believable in that sense, since the magnets appear to run the length of the track segments.

      Of course at that point, you wouldn't be able to change lanes.

      I think they did a pretty good job of making this look a lot like a real setup would have looked.

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    6. Re:Slashdot trolled by Metabolife · · Score: 1

      Ya, I was just having a bad day. Don't take it personally.

  5. Wipeout, on nVidia Riva 128 by G3ckoG33k · · Score: 1

    Wipeout, on nVidia Riva 128

    So many memories that I don't care if the film is fake or not.

    Nostalgia.

  6. How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by carlhaagen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The computer generated imagery and FX are so obvious. Also, there's no such thing as the Japanese Institute of Science and Technology (JIST). However, there is a Japanese ADVANCED Institute of Science and Technology - JAIST. How did this slip through and reach the front page? :)

    1. Re:How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by donotlizard · · Score: 3, Funny

      There used to be the Toronto Institute of Technology and Science (TITS). I'm not sure what it's named now.

    2. Re:How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by ObiWanKenblowme · · Score: 1

      If there were a Japanese Institute of Science and Technology, would their logo be in English?

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    3. Re:How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by g0bshiTe · · Score: 3, Funny

      Building Of Old Bad Science (BOOBS).

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    4. Re:How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by niftydude · · Score: 1

      There used to be the Toronto Institute of Technology and Science (TITS). I'm not sure what it's named now.

      Nice one. They should collaborate with the Curtin University of New Technology (CUNT). Who knows what might eventuate?

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    5. Re:How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by SethJohnson · · Score: 2

      If there were a Japanese Institute of Science and Technology, would their logo be in English?

      Yeah. It might be.

      Seth

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    6. Re:How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by Jimbookis · · Score: 1

      I was told once the now Australian Animal Heath Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong was once had a 'National' in it for ANAHL - apparently Gough Whitlam thought it was appropriate.

    7. Re:How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by darthdavid · · Score: 1

      They could have an public conference to release any discoveries. New York is a good place, how about the Poughkeepsie Exposition of New and Interesting Science?

    8. Re:How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by norpy · · Score: 1

      Curtin never had "New" in it's name, that's just a joke.

    9. Re:How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by Galestar · · Score: 1

      How did this slip through and reach the front page?

      You must be new here...

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    10. Re:How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by niftydude · · Score: 1

      I might be showing my age a little here, but I do recall that there was a bright shining moment back around 87/88 before the acronym was noticed where that was indeed their name. They quickly renamed to Curtin University of Technology. They have now renamed themselves to be merely Curtin University.

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    11. Re:How can you NOT spot that this is fake? by mjwx · · Score: 1

      Curtain University of Technology was originally Curtain University of New Technology until someone pointed out the acronym.

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  7. FAKE FAKE FAKE!!! by EmperorOfCanada · · Score: 5, Informative

    The mist trails are all wrong. The car changes from when it is in the hand to when it is on the track. The lighting is wrong. The movement is wrong. I am not even sure the track is real.

    1. Re:FAKE FAKE FAKE!!! by Korvin20111803 · · Score: 1

      The part, shown in this video, was slowed down in the original video. Seems like they wanted people to notice that it is a fake.

  8. Fake by pdabbadabba · · Score: 1

    This seems pretty clearly to be fake. Look at, for example, at 1:13-1:16 and, in particular, the "exhaust" from the yellow car thing as it is rendered on top of the track instead of being obscured by it.

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  9. Come all already by wideBlueSkies · · Score: 4, Funny

    The only thing more embarrassing for /. for posting this obvious fake...well, it'll be when it gets reposted in 2 days...

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  10. Off-Topic with Karma to Burn by TheSpoom · · Score: 1

    So... how about that new design that just popped up? (Go on, hit F5.)

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    1. Re:Off-Topic with Karma to Burn by colinrichardday · · Score: 1

      Looks the same to me.

  11. Fake, but Quantum Levitation is real. by LikwidCirkel · · Score: 2

    Even though this video is fake, the videos of guys with circular tracks that look like they're shot at trade shows are real. I actually kind of suspect that they tried to do this for real but it didn't work, so they created a fake video to spoof investors or other people whom were promised results.

    1. Re:Fake, but Quantum Levitation is real. by amazeofdeath · · Score: 4, Informative

      "Quantum levitation" is just trying to make old superconductivity effects somehow sound even more cool. Try Meissner effect and flux pinning instead.

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  12. Sorry! by gentryx · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...didn't know this was a fake. Kind of spoils the fun of having a ./ story posted for the first time. :-/

    ps: I'm not affiliated with the creators of the video.

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    1. Re:Sorry! by SurfMan · · Score: 2

      Also, while we're nitpicking, it's /. not ./ you insensitive clod!

    2. Re:Sorry! by gentryx · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Oh noes, what a fail day! ^^ But if /. is my current working directory, then /. becomes ./

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    3. Re:Sorry! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      All is forgiven.

    4. Re:Sorry! by elsurexiste · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Kind of spoils the fun of having a ./ story posted for the first time. :-/

      Don't worry. Even if it had been authentic, someone would have thrown feces at it anyway. XD

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  13. Fluke. by Kenja · · Score: 1

    Without Flukes "Atom Bomb" playing its not Wipeout.

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  14. What quantum levitation.? by frovingslosh · · Score: 2

    That's pretty lame, the original post provides a link for "quantum levitation." that goes to a Wikipedia page that wants the user to choose between three different things. No reasonable poster would provide that link, if the poster wanted to link to Wikipedia he should have made the proper choice on the "Disambiguation page" and posted the link to the actual article. If I need to follow the link then one should assume that I don't have enough information to make the choice for myself.

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    1. Re:What quantum levitation.? by dido · · Score: 1

      Presumably they're talking about the Meissner Effect, since they're also talking about superconductors. Flux pinning is another phenomenon also related to the Meissner Effect. The Casimir Effect doesn't seem to have any relationship to the levitation mentioned (and the phenomenon doesn't seem to have had much in the way of applications outside of nanotechnology).

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    2. Re:What quantum levitation.? by Hentes · · Score: 1

      "Quantum levitation" is just a new fancy buzzword for superconductivity to make sound like something new what's essentially a hundred year old discovery.

    3. Re:What quantum levitation.? by dzfoo · · Score: 1

      I must admit it worked. It does sound cool.

      P.S. Did something change in here?? I need to hit " Reply" twice now. The first time I click it, the Twitbook and Myface icons pop up, and the second time it takes me to the Reply page. WTF???

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    4. Re:What quantum levitation.? by geekoid · · Score: 1

      err... not exactly. Its for a specific effect regarding Quantum levitation.

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    5. Re:What quantum levitation.? by Hentes · · Score: 1

      Why is it so special, it's a consequence of zero resistance. Any superconductor will levitate not just specific ones.

  15. Re:And this is why... by Pyrus.mg · · Score: 1

    Why not just go all out and disallow first-time parents?

  16. Re:And this is why... by Sez+Zero · · Score: 1

    Why not just go all out and disallow first-time parents?

    I'd prefer to not allow procreation on Slashdot at all, first-time or otherwise.

  17. Re:More likely to be a Sony or Microsoft accessory by uCallHimDrJ0NES · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking of the company who made me pay for the following game console items for the first time: 1) Analog joysticks 2) Rumble packs, with batteries 3) Stereoscopic display (Virtual Boy) 4) Cables to connect handheld consoles to tv-based consoles for use as controllers 5) Adapters to play legacy game cartridges on new hardware 6) Extra analog sticks for motion controllers 7) Controllers for playing emulated games 8) Shoulder-mounted light-gun bazookas 9) Dance pad style floor controllers. What company was that again?

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  18. Why the Wii? by bananaquackmoo · · Score: 2

    Nintendo is the wrong choice for a Wipeout track. You're looking for an FZero track. If you want a Wipeout track you have to use Sony, sorry.

    1. Re:Why the Wii? by Gibgezr · · Score: 1

      We are all trying to forget Wipeout64, please stop reminding us!

  19. They didn't actually do it? by Animats · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's quite possible to do this. See this video of quantum-locked magnetic levitation. And this one, with an actual levitating skateboard.

    It looks like the people behind this video cheaped out and didn't actually build the thing, which is lame.

    1. Re:They didn't actually do it? by demonbug · · Score: 2

      More of same.

  20. In the words of KnowYourMemes... by idontgno · · Score: 1

    This looks 'shopped.

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  21. English, do you speak it? by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Researchers at the Japan Institute of Science and Technology have build a miniature Wipeout track..."

    Please. It's "have builded".

    1. Re:English, do you speak it? by callmebill · · Score: 1

      have beert

  22. Soundtrack? by supaneko · · Score: 1

    Not to take away from the discussion of the fakeness that is... but does anyone know what musical tracks were used in this videos?

    I tend to be a drum & bass junkie long before a nerd (though, in some parts, it seems that bassheads are always the nerds).

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    1. Re:Soundtrack? by Nick+Ives · · Score: 1

      First one is MIST - Smart Systems. Second one is Noisia - Seven Stitches .

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  23. Next time...RTFA? by supaneko · · Score: 1

    Remember... this is Slashdot. We don't read the article, even when it's on Youtube! ;)

    From the description of the video, the soundtrack is:

    Noisia - Seven Stitches
    Mist - Smart Systems

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  24. My guess: Vita ad by Xaide · · Score: 1

    On the small amount of info given this would seem to be an Augmented Reality Wipeout game for the PSVita. Um, thanks for the viral ad?

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  25. Advertisement by jones_supa · · Score: 1

    It's just a "mysterious" clip tailored to create hype around some upcoming Wipeout release, maybe for PS Vita?

  26. Maglift by Tyr07 · · Score: 1

    Even if the video was 'real' (It wasn't imo), it could simply have been maglev, you know, magnetic replusion to keep them in position on a closed track.

    That actually works, fyi. We even have trains that use maglev, fastest one is in asia somewhere I believe. Japan or China.

    Anywho...

    1. Re:Maglift by icebraining · · Score: 1

      Pretty sure Maglev wouldn't have kept them floating over the vertical part of the track.

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    2. Re:Maglift by tragedy · · Score: 1

      It depends on the type of superconductor. With the right setup, the fields become locked to each other so that you can levitate over, under, off to the side, etc. That falls under the category of things you can call "maglev". Of course, this video is faked, but the things it depicts are perfectly real, if imperfectly presented in this fake.

  27. Re:More likely to be a Sony or Microsoft accessory by uCallHimDrJ0NES · · Score: 1

    Snark much?

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  28. Two kinds of people by Mooneyj · · Score: 1

    Two kinds of people, Those who immediately see this as fake and those who post it to boingboing and slashdot as interesting.

  29. It *is* a fake... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 1

    ... but it did tip me into making my first PS3 store purchase, Wipeout 2097 from the PSX classics section.

    Market-leading bastards. Now if you'll excuse me I have some reflexes to get back...

    1. Re:It *is* a fake... by Digital+Vomit · · Score: 1

      Being third in a three competitor market is "market-leading" now?

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  30. Re:it's not fake, it's physics by McDrewbs · · Score: 1

    The video in the Summery is fake. WipeOut 2048 will launch on PS Vita sometime next month and the Wipeout youtube video also has "(C) Copyright! All rights reserved belong to Sony Entertainment and SCE Studio Liverpool" in the description. The technology is real though and Sony are just capitalising on it.

  31. WTF by M0j0_j0j0 · · Score: 1

    Has just happened here!!! i feel dirty, if someone calls im in the shower.

    And please stop calling this shit "quantum levitation" is ridiculous.

  32. the TV show Colbert report had quantum levitation by guantamanera · · Score: 1

    There was quantum levitation showed at the Colbert report once. Jump to the 4:38 mark

  33. here's a link to a debunk by sterlingcrispin · · Score: 1

    its obviously CG , an article going into detail - http://z6mag.com/featured/controlled-quantum-levitation-fools-50k-into-thinking-viral-video-was-real-164282.html

  34. Better than average Timothy post by JMZero · · Score: 1

    I mean, fake obviously but still more interesting than the 45th "I'm too cool for 3d, which isn't even really 3d" pile-on thread.

    Oh, and here's a video of someone who actually implemented a Meissner effect racetrack, complete with elevation changes: here

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  35. Real Quantum Levitation Racetrack Video by DanLake · · Score: 1

    Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (MagLev) on a Magnetic Track
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lmtbLu5nxw

  36. Re:And this is why... by Fujisawa+Sensei · · Score: 1

    That's not a problem here.

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  37. In other words by Sparx139 · · Score: 1

    You could literally tell from the pixels?

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    1. Re:In other words by nitehawk214 · · Score: 1

      You could literally tell from the pixels?

      In this case he could tell from the lack of visible pixels.

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  38. Re:the TV show Colbert report had quantum levitati by tragedy · · Score: 1

    I can see the double slit experiment with my own eyes. Does the word quantum apply to wave-particle duality? Also, isn't the alteration of rhodopsin from reaction with a photon a quantum effect, making the word 'quantum' apply to everything you can see with your own eye?

    Doesn't seem like the sort of thing you can really successfully nit-pick about in a place filled with pedants like this.

  39. Re:More likely to be a Sony or Microsoft accessory by mr_gorkajuice · · Score: 1

    And which one of these is it you're considering to be "high cost"?

  40. Re:But what about this video? by NuShrike · · Score: 1

    or this one?
    4:40 in: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/401902/november-09-2011/americone-dream-of-the-future

  41. Copyright by zandeez · · Score: 1

    I'm not contending whether or not the video is faked, but the argument that there is a Sony copyright mark is totally invalid. That copyright mark is in relation to the wipeout name, concept and logo, which they are required to display under the fair use provisions along with the fair use statement as JIST (fake or not) would not have the rights to. It clearly states that the copyright for the video does not belong to Sony.

  42. highlighting a mistake in the fake by jlv · · Score: 1

    This shows the smoke on the wrong side of the track...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K610EpvszLk