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anigbrowl on Oct 18, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Video: Quantum Levitation

Loads of up to 500 grams on this test rig, on what look to be about n40 magnets, according to the presenter's comment on one of the lab videos. The liquid nitrogen is a problem but that payload seems like something that could already have industrial applications.

davorak on Oct 18, 2011 [–]

What industrial applications come to mind? The answer is non-obvious to me.

anigbrowl on Oct 18, 2011 | [–]

Frictionless bearings, flywheels, stuff like that. Given the need for ultra-low temperatures it might work in space.

hugh3 on Oct 18, 2011 | | [–]

You know we already have maglev trains, right?

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