Quantum Levitation

[HoopyFrood]

This is sure to be doing the rounds on the internet now (and the joys of being paid to trawl the internet so I stumble across these things), but I thought I'd share it here because it's pure liquid awesomeness.

Quantum levitation!

It's not floating, it's LOCKED IN SPACE.

 

[Metryq]

LOCKED IN SPACE.

Wasn't that a popular sci-fi TV show from the 1960s?

 

[Pyan]

Woo - frictionless bearings! And that last section is awesome - if they can get it to carry weight, you could have full-size trains powered by dinky little electric motors...

 

[Ursa major]

But watch out if one of the passengers turns the heating on....

 

[Harpo]

A decade later, and whatever happened to this amazing thing?

Here’s another old clip, which shows how to make it