Of course, readers would interpret the headline as hyperbole. They would not expect the article to be about a new technology that literally defies gravity. Howe

Of course, readers would interpret the headline as hyperbole. They would not expect the article to be about a new technology that literally defies gravity. However, precisely because of the hyperbolic headline, readers would expect something more interesting than a hop that's maybe the size of two normal stair steps. This is very clearly deliberate deception.