Only a few of the comments have hinted at the true nature of the device - it is a light-powered airship, essentially a floating light globe. One of the problems with this is that in generating the light there will be a fair quantity of heat also generated. This will probably cook anyone in the airship, or will it ? Traditionally we have thought that it was the buoyancy effect of heated air that caused the so-called 'hot air balloon' to rise, but now we know that it is the small luminous flame of the burner that does it ! (Coincidentally, the buoyancy effects due to things getting hot will make lab-scale testing of the anti-gravity generator very hard to validate.)
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Matrix was made in Australia and I presume the sequels are being made here as well, so will the SAG strike affect production ?
Only a few of the comments have hinted at the true nature of the device - it is a light-powered airship, essentially a floating light globe. One of the problems with this is that in generating the light there will be a fair quantity of heat also generated. This will probably cook anyone in the airship, or will it ? Traditionally we have thought that it was the buoyancy effect of heated air that caused the so-called 'hot air balloon' to rise, but now we know that it is the small luminous flame of the burner that does it ! (Coincidentally, the buoyancy effects due to things getting hot will make lab-scale testing of the anti-gravity generator very hard to validate.)