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Scientists Discover Way to Levitate Tiny Objects

mentallyjumbled.com — U.S. scientists have found a way to levitate the very smallest objects using the strange forces of quantum mechanics, and said they might use it to help make tiny nanotechnology machines. They said they had detected and measured a force that comes into play at the molecular level using certain combinations of molecules that repel one another

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  • pkon, on 01/11/2009, -3/+62Finally, my dream of having a hover board will finally come true!
  • novenator, on 01/11/2009, -4/+56cocaines a helluva drug
  • smackydoodle, on 01/11/2009, -0/+41your tiny object?
  • FrozenGonad, on 01/11/2009, -13/+53I want a hovercar..

    Yeah, I know the ***** article says "small" but logically it follows they'll move on to bigger stuff.

    And I don't mean one of those ***** fan powered hovercars.. I want a ***** real hovercar.. ***** you.. It's my dream. Shut the ***** up! What's your problem? I can dream.. *****.. You're really pissing me off.. ***** YOU!!!!
  • monkeymad2, on 01/11/2009, -1/+37Finally, my dream of having a hover board for my ***** will finally come true!
  • zspade, on 01/11/2009, -0/+35Though not enough to keep things like servers up...
  • Argle, on 01/11/2009, -1/+35This article goes into more detail, and is less speculative. Worth reading.
    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16374-repuls ...
  • Totz83, on 01/11/2009, -0/+31It clearly doesn't say "little"
  • lusenok2, on 01/11/2009, -5/+18Meissner effect. Known since 1933.
  • Anubis2051, on 01/11/2009, -0/+122015 isn't that far away...
  • D3koy, on 01/11/2009, -3/+13Let me teach you a way to quantify sizes:
    Colossal, gargantuan, huge, large, medium, small, tiny, diminutive, fine.
    Humans are medium. Ants are fine. Let me know when we can levitate small things...(halflings and dogs)
  • hanger69er, on 01/11/2009, -1/+9maybe they should levitate their site back up - fail

    buried for failed site and for old news
  • inactive, on 01/11/2009, -4/+11BREAKING: I just came.
  • shayben, on 01/11/2009, -0/+6Actually it is the Casimir effect.
    Here is the original post:
    http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2009/01/mysterio ...
  • Antonton, on 01/11/2009, -0/+6It doesn't work on larger objects because quantum mechanics doesn't necessarily apply to larger objects just like classical mechanics doesn't apply to small particles. I dunno about you, but whenever I throw a baseball, it doesn't resonate in a wave pattern.

    That being said, I too want a hover car. It would make driving in LA a lot easier.
  • ATLien74, on 01/12/2009, -0/+6reverse engendered?? LOL!
  • DelMonte, on 01/11/2009, -0/+6And also, the server is not down like mentallyjumbled.com...
  • wondertwins, on 01/11/2009, -0/+6more like tiny
  • akchrs, on 01/11/2009, -1/+7I could see the strings.
  • egaonogenkiII, on 01/11/2009, -0/+5MIRROR PLEASE!!!
  • Crimsoneer, on 01/11/2009, -8/+13with magnets?
  • CrazedLeper, on 01/12/2009, -1/+6It started long ago. There is no levitation of only "small" objects; physics doesn't work that way. If you can levitate *anything*, you should be able to scale the principle and levitate *everything*. This is how they have decided to release the technology to you so that you may get used to it before they start showing you the good stuff--that you won't be able to get.
  • inactive, on 01/12/2009, -1/+6Also, the Hutchison Effect, discovered 1979. Anyway you look at it, it's a suppressed technology. Levitation is really gonna ***** up the existing energy companies.
  • tgc1, on 01/11/2009, -1/+6Don't forget though, to fly over water YOU NEED POWER!
  • inactive, on 01/12/2009, -0/+4Do you mean reverse engineered?
  • Jarasmen, on 01/11/2009, -1/+5It does, you just don't see it, as the wave length is too short to measure it. Wavelenght of a human weighting 50kg and moving with a speed of 10km/h is 4.77 * 10^-36 m.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Broglie_hypothesis
  • inactive, on 01/11/2009, -0/+4You know, I don't know FrozenGonad, but I'm guessing he's going for a feigned temper tantrum. That seems more like an ironic tirade.

    Additionally, I don't buy into sciences perceived limitations. Humankind's understanding of the universe is notoriously wrong. Or is somebody on digg going to argue that we've reached the apex of scientific understanding and how dare we question established thought. The journal Science has been wrong maybe 2 or 3 times or a million times.
  • XenoSNK, on 01/11/2009, -2/+6"They said they had detected and measured a force that comes into play at the molecular level using certain combinations of molecules that repel one another..."

    BREAKING: Scientists use the force to levitate objects

    In other news, George Lucas is suing the asses off of said scientists.
  • DDION, on 01/11/2009, -1/+5Erectile Disfunction: You have met your match.
  • greeniemeani, on 01/12/2009, -1/+5Come on guys - can I at least get some credit in the form of positive diggs for making this premeditated burn possible?
  • Talphin, on 01/12/2009, -0/+4Because you just put an image of your sagging balls in our minds... Thanks man... Thanks a lot.
  • diceau, on 01/12/2009, -1/+5Finally, my dream of using the word 'finally' more than once in a sentence has finally come true!
  • Iamhukdonfonics, on 01/12/2009, -0/+3McFly, you a bozo, you know hoverboards dont work on Watah, YOU NEED POWAH
  • NYankee2003, on 01/11/2009, -1/+4only $39,999.95!!
  • athinnes, on 10/01/2009, -2/+5Holy *****, Back to the Future Part 2's Hillvalley might be actual reality!

    I want to buy myself a hover converter!
  • inactive, on 01/12/2009, -0/+3I'm Doctor Roxo the Rock and Roll Clown and I need your c-c-c-help!
  • Talphin, on 01/12/2009, -0/+3Take it easy man... I wasn't going to disagree!
  • cheezintern, on 01/12/2009, -0/+3This must be important, I'm not even authorized to read the article.
  • LittleDas, on 01/11/2009, -1/+4cocaine's a helluva drug
  • baggadonuts, on 01/12/2009, -1/+4This is old... same thing reported in popular mechanics a year and a half ago:

    http://www.popularmechanics.co.za/content/news/sin ...
  • presidentraygun, on 01/12/2009, -0/+2Can they float small things like rocks, gravy and churches?!
  • lornali, on 01/12/2009, -0/+2Nano is the technology of the future
  • pkon, on 01/12/2009, -0/+2Yeah, I was more or less talking about the future when they can replicate the effect big enough so that I will get my hover board damnit
  • jazzguitar18, on 01/12/2009, -0/+2am I missing something here?
  • Taorluath, on 01/12/2009, -0/+2Scientists Discover Way to Levitate Tiny Objects:

    From my own personal scientific magazine:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnets
  • shandromand, on 01/13/2009, -0/+2Think of the cop chases!
  • k3rfuffl3, on 01/12/2009, -3/+5It's dumb ***** retarded comments like this that make me want to nuke 95% of the human race.

    Read the article before posting.
  • shandromand, on 01/13/2009, -1/+3Yes, and we absolutely shouldn't bother trying.

    /s
  • shandromand, on 01/13/2009, -0/+2Slacker!
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