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| More of the future is unfolding..; levitating objects and nanotechnology | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 10 2009, 01:56 PM (122 Views) | |
| Mikhailoh | Jan 10 2009, 01:56 PM Post #1 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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This is pretty cool. Can you imagine if they could do away with friction in motor vehicles? How much efficient they would be? http://news.aol.com/health/article/levitation-discovery-may-aid-medicine/300242
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jan 10 2009, 02:06 PM Post #2 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Bell Labs has always been right at the cutting edge of fascinating stuff. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| George K | Jan 10 2009, 02:27 PM Post #3 |
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Finally
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Mik, get ahold of "Physics of the Impossible" by Kaku. He talks about all the stuff of science fiction, and what's possible, what's not, etc. He talks about levitation using nanotech and superconductivity in the book. It's a fun read, and not too heavy on the physics. I just finished it last week. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Axtremus | Jan 10 2009, 04:41 PM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Used to be a national treasure, Bell Labs is now French.
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| Axtremus | Jan 10 2009, 04:44 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Hmmm,... back on subject, molecular forces act only in extremely short distances... not exactly the sort of thing you can leverage to make big machines in motor vehicles better. |
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| ivorythumper | Jan 10 2009, 08:14 PM Post #6 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I agree Ax. What happens on a micro level is not necessarily transferable to the macro level such as Brownian motion. |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 11 2009, 07:40 AM Post #7 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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As in you did a heckuva a job, Brownian? |
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