I first learned of these guys from the ABC show Shark Tank. If I recall correctly no one invested in their company. Good for them. They can keep their millions to themselves.

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I am now doubting how well it will work on glass. In all the descriptions, I read "it works on anything," then I see an example list of things like cardboard, cups, boxes, etc., but they never say anything about glass. Though, it would seem to me that glass would be a great conductor of vibrations.

This does not make sense...
So this spinning "impeller fan" is the actual heatsink..but how does it work if it's hovering on an "air bearing"? Isn't air a really bad heat conductor?
This does not make sense...

It doesn't matter if this type of thing happens in other countries.. it give's no one the right to do horror simulations to someone else (regardless of their age) without them knowing what's going on.. in this case with or without parents consent just to teach them what the conductor thinks is a good lesson.
Where is the research to show this does good for a person? I've never seen it and it's one of the type of studies/subject i pay attention to.

Physical abuse can cause broken bones, damaged to tissue and ligaments etc, these things are more effectively treated by surgeons if ill-advised to be left to heal over time (not necessarily including extreme cases, also not condoning).
Whereas psychological abuse can lead to psychotic breakdowns that potentially destroy a persons personality and grasp on reality causing mental destabilization that can last a lifetime and currently be irreparable.

^ by dictator I meant conductor! Sorry I always get those two mixed up

>> ^robbersdog49:

He/She's standing in his/her mother's back. They're Surinam Toads. The eggs get stuck to her back as they are fertilised by the male and skin grows over them, protecting the tadpoles as they develop. Once they turn into miniature toads they emerge, and that's what you're seeing here.


WOW! That's fucking disgusting/amazing! Thanks for the info

>> ^MycroftHomlz:

How do you mean? The Miessner effect is purely quantum mechanical, in that, there is no classical mechanics analog for this behavior. And you need wave functions to explain the physics at all. If you want to understand it you can read Yip and Sauls paper...
>> ^westy:
No more or less Quantum than anything else



My point was that ultimately everything is quantum.

This only seems more Quantum on the face of it because its a counter intuitive behivoir at a human scale.

I think there could probably be a better way to describe it such as "magnetic Super conductor Wipe out" , "Magnetic levitation wipe out " , " super conductor levitation track" in this case the word quantum just seems to be used as gimmic / buzz word.

Still if it gets people to read into science and makes them exited about it cnt really complane

That's not just a mistake. That would be brass players (particularly the trumpets) cramming their faces into the mouthpieces to try and squeeze out notes that are quite beyond their range. Or rather, the mistake lies with the conductor for not selecting music within the abilities of the "musicians." You can hear that it's coming before they even get to the horrendous high notes because there's just no control on the lower sustained ones. So that really lets you know that the majority of them are inexperienced players with relatively weak embouchure.

Maybe he did sleep under a bridge, I don't know. None of us here do. Maybe he was a regular free-loader on the train. Again we don't know. Maybe he bought a ticket at this station and got on the next train. Again none of us know. I expect the worst he would reasonably be expected to suffer is the shame of having to call his parents and get a lift.

But if you sit there, caught in a lie, continuing to lie to the face of the conductor, don't expect too much sympathy from him or anyone else within earshot.

That said you're a more compassionate person than me, I would say.

Also: Speaking from experience, spending a night huddled in a bus shelter in freezing weather can do wonders for imparting life lessons. Those lessons are generally worth a hell of a lot more than a night's discomfort.

>> ^BoneyD:

How much load can be exerted on a mass that is 'locked' in place like that?
i.e. Could this be a way to make super sweet hover bikes and cars a reality??


For the demonstration, not much imo. The guy had no difficulty adjust the 'locked' item with his hand, which can't be exerting a terrible amount of force.

Scaling up in size is another matter (and totally outside my area of simple deductive logic ; ), I would imagine as your super conductor blocks get bigger you could indeed support much higher weights.

It's interesting though, I wonder how a train, for example, would go around corners? Would the track need to be curved, as the superconductor is locked in a certain aspect to the track ie. like a toboggan? At the serious speeds an air friction only train could travel at, not tilting in to relative shallow corners might cause some serious in cabin 'passenger migration' issues if the train didn't lean in to the corner. *grin*

But yeah, that is some cool (no bad pun intended) shit right there.

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>> ^fissionchips:

It's a little complicated, because aluminum is also a good conductor (ie. low electrical resistance). To keep the coil from overheating, these induction forge rigs have water hoses that circulate cold water through the copper coil. >> ^Ornthoron:
>> ^mxxcon:
how did those copper tubes didn't melt?

Copper is a better conductor than aluminium.

water and electricity?

It's a little complicated, because aluminum is also a good conductor (ie. low electrical resistance). To keep the coil from overheating, these induction forge rigs have water hoses that circulate cold water through the copper coil. >> ^Ornthoron:

>> ^mxxcon:
how did those copper tubes didn't melt?

Copper is a better conductor than aluminium.

>> ^mxxcon:

how did those copper tubes didn't melt?

Copper is a better conductor than aluminium.

I wonder if architectural engineers ever saw this footage before and if it would help them more accurately model WTC2's collapse..
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I was on R train riding to work, while at the last stop in Brooklyn conductor announced that "due to smoke conditions" at WTC station my train would be skipping that stop. So I got out a stop earlier at 'White Hall' station. I had no idea what was going on. I had my headphones on listening to music. The moment I stepped outside I heard a noise as if a helicopter and then a loud boom. I thought that was just a supersonic boom of a plane. I saw people on the street looking up in the sky and thought to myself why they are looking up in the sky, if that was a supersonic boom that plane was long gone. I still had no idea what was going on. As I got closer to my office, I crossed Wall St and suddenly I felt something like dust/dirt/tiny shards of glass falling on me and large amount of papers flying around. By the time I got to Maiden Ln where my office was I could clearly see what was happening.

If I hadn't gotten off one stop earlier, I think I would have been stuck on that train under WTC....... ;(

..then the train derails killing the conductor and several people on the platform..