Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by alexb_ on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:57PM
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Just give it to me straight - when will the levitation give us hoverboards?
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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by marcosdumay on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:04PM
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As long as you only want them to hover over a magnet...
Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by BizarroLand on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:17PM
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Assuming the lift is there or the magnets are strong enough, it would be plausible to have an electromagnetic hover skate park where you could pay by the hour, and possibly even future X-game like events where the boards and riders could move in any direction they can get acceleration in.
Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by Arrath on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @05:08PM
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Well that would be very, very cool.
Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by m463 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:47PM
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I believe I saw a video of a hoverboard that worked over a carefully constructed magnetic skatepark...
Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by skykooler on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @05:44PM
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I wonder how big of a superconductor you'd need to use Earth's magnetic field.
Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by knicholes on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:10PM
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I want them to have enough current passing through them in a rod shape that it will run the current against the Earth's magnetic field to cause vertical movement.
Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by cududa on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:26PM
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This gave me a giggle to think about - mind expanding on what you’re thinking of using Thai scenario for?
Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by marcosdumay on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @10:54PM
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The GP wants to lock the skateboard on the East/West direction, of course.
Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by fennecfoxy on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:29AM
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When we discover if gravitons exist or not and how to produce/manipulate them so that we can negate the effect of gravity on an object.