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I'm trying to figure out some practical applications for frictionless movement and positioning of small, light and cold objects without changing the scale of th
by babebridou 15y ago
I'm trying to figure out some practical applications for frictionless movement and positioning of small, light and cold objects without changing the scale of the system, but each of my ideas implies some heating that would probably negate the phenomenon a bit too fast (ballistics for instance).
I can't resist posting one of youtube's comments on this last video: "so... you have created the worst paperweight ever"
- gldalmaso 15y ago> (ballistics for instance) so people already wanna make a gun out of it, that's just sad mankind will always pervert science for power?
- shabble 15y agoMilitary research is where a whole lot of the cool science comes from. There's nothing like knowing the guy who gets there first is going to blow your head off to spur the competition. In fact, maybe governmental science grants should have some sort of gladiatorial combat requirements for disputed priority...
- nknight 15y agoThe word "ballistics" is not a synonym for "weapons". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_driver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_driver
- kokey 15y agoIt could replace pneumatic tube systems for mail. Not that these are still in much use today, except hospitals.
- atte 15y agoI couldn't help but picture beers quantum-levitating toward me from the refrigerator when you said "small, light and cold objects."