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The promise of "free" levitation is just a superconductor away.

posted by Stik
1/15/2007 5:50:13 AM

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Jesusface : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

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688 days 17 hours ago...

That sweet. I'm trying to make a battery that lasts forever:)

I'm far off:P.

Good Post. And isn't Liquid Nitrogen at -198 centigrade. Or 75K

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Amendment IX : LVL 9: VP 1.8: said:

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688 days 16 hours ago...

lol good luck finding a 0 ohm metal

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minimanjapan : LVL 18: VP 2.7: said:

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688 days 15 hours ago...

That's really amazing. Will it just keep levitating there forever?

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stik : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

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688 days 14 hours ago...

Well, I guess it stops levitating when it warms up.

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mGoLos : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

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688 days 13 hours ago...

"Whoever finds a superconducter that works at room temperature..."

^ Don't you just love how she implies that we'll find it eventually?

Suuure we will ... and there's no oil-crisis waiting right around the corner and global warming is really just a fantasy. Go back to sleep now dear, the experts will solve everything.

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stik : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

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688 days 13 hours ago...

Yeah, if we can't make money off of it, it won't survive.

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ambulance : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

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688 days 3 hours ago...

^ there's plenty of money in it if it happens. and it's called a superconductor because it has very little ohms.

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streetninjajuggalo : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

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688 days 1 hour ago...

oil crisis? theres no oil crisis. in a lil bit there wont be anyway. you guys here about the refinery that is so fuckin top of the line it could handle the supply for the entire world? and the guy doing it is only accepting euros!!!! hes not acknowledge u.s. currency as legitimite tender. since the u.s. took away the gold and silver that backed the bills. so i guess i sit back and wait for the depression. i hate living in ohio

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dsaj : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

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688 days ago...

-195.79 °C
77.36 K

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Horuku : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

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688 days ago...

well then theoretically wouldn't you just get a big peice of metal + liquid nitrogen poured on it then put the train on top of it?

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Horuku : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

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688 days ago...

Oh, and it doesn't keep going indefinetly, see how he had to keep pushing it? That means that you would still need some sort of motor to keep it going...either that or have the tracks angled slightly downward and then when you have to go up use the motor...hmmm

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Inmate_002 : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

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688 days ago...

man i love british television cuz its actually somewhat intelligent.

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Z3rG : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

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688 days ago...

they need it room temperature because in order to lower the temperature as seen in the video, large amounts of energy are required. Sure to cool off a cup of liquid nitrogen isnt much, but when your talking about a tram that weighs a few tonnes, that a whole other story.

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Ultimate : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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688 days ago...

now imagine that put on trains... all we need is a spring on the back and launch it

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flying_spaghetti_monster : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

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688 days ago...

I wish these television personalities would leave the science to professionals...I am sickened to hear them regurgitate their scripted jargon with an air of arrogance and sophistication...these pseudo-scientists should just keep sniffing coke and stop trying to teach idiots the rudimentiaries of science. To compound things, they're White...so they probably think they're fucking Einstein and Leibnitz at CERN.

Jesus FUCKING Christ.

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