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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. 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 g0bshiTe · · Score: 4, Informative

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

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    2. 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

  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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  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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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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  7. 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 gentryx · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

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  8. 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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  9. 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".