Levitation with the Levitron

[pyropakman]

My subconscious projections of my dead wife brought me here. BRAWWWWWWWWW.

[JulianXMassacre]

Yo dawg I heard you like levitation... So we levitated your levitation, So you can levitate while you levitate!

Can't believe no one said that...

[Sara3346]

Any use for such a device practicaly

[EighthSamuel]

cada vez nos acercamos mas a los OVNIS :D

[prithwin]

wrong, the top is made out of unobtainium.

[BrandonSkyPimenta]

thumbs up if you see his face

[aei05h1]

I subscribed, I raped and now I have commented!

[Scurq]

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[Iniss132]

Are there industrial applications for something like this?

[MegaAstrodude]

Cool video; I just bought one.

[10starwalkthroughs]

whered you get it?

[zimtower]

Put it under a vacuum.

[stormdumb]

FUCKING MAGNETS

[ciararavenblaze]

@stormdumb how do they work!?

[poopagore]

So darth vaders a magnet seller now? Recession has hit us all

[poptheman1]

will it need different weights in different altitudes?

[mspoohbearfan]

SO MUCH MIND FUCK

[Tabasconate1]

Do you think the UFO is this type of technology in their ships as well?? Please respond.

[oneawesometeengirl1]

cool voice 

[gangsta0524]

by saying"borrowed" he mean stole

[SynaesthesiaOfficial]

plz suscribe rape and cmt

:D

[Ztuibyman]

@SynaesthesiaOfficial more like 'commit' - you know, what :D

[SynaesthesiaOfficial]

@Ztuibyman XD

[thien369852]

so this dude is a chemist and he plays half-life?

[unthergunthermunther]

at least we now ur not fat

[unthergunthermunther]

i bet you took that apart the first day and took the magnets inside of it :p

[terdiss]

there's also other reason, it has to be with the conservation of angular momentum, since it's turning, there's a force which goes perpendicular with the direction of turning, that force is strong enough to stop it from turning but as it slows down that force becomes weaker and finally is beaten by the magnet

[Eringuy13]

aw you never showed us your face :(

[PerspectiveEngineer]

come on dummies... your never going to get any more

power than you put into it.

and a vacuum is not free. so scratch that.

I had one of these great toys in the late 70's

great videos! weak comments.

[MadeInOregon27]

How much is one of these?

[Forget29it]

Nice underground labratory filled with high tech stuff :D wish i have one

[solokat1980]

Excellent explanation. Too bad other techy vids here on youtube are not done as well as this one was.

[TheMrShadowWolf]

@teckwizz123 Nope Even In The Air There Is Friction Which Is Why Things Slow Down Even In Air. When You Run Air Moves Past you With Friction.

[ApertureScience27]

You should put it in a vacuum! Perpetual motion! Oh, wait, it would probably induce eddy currents in conductive objects which would slow it down :(

[kurwinsky]

You tube! Your spots are making me want to never visit u again! -_-°

[imcrazy123456789]

your chairs.....they wear pants

[kikster93]

Why can't we do this with cars and such? I WANT TO HOVER!

[KaxiLaxi]

thats how UFO's navigate kids!

[edulitto1]

show us ur real woice :D

[teckwizz123]

wouldn't the top spin forever? since it is in the air, it will have no friction. if i a wrong, can you please tell me why?

[JJtheJaxartosaurus]

I'm so jealous of your life..

[NeVeC10809]

Make it gargantuan, and static. Put it in space and boom! Infinite energy. Maybe

[QuantumOverlord]

Thats awesome, Gyrascopic stabalisation is really fricking hard to get your head round, what I understand is happening is the Spinning of the Top creates a Angular momentum Vector perpendicular to plane of the rotation, the change im angular momentum caused by any imbalance acts to change the axis of rotation to the vertical in accordance with conservatiion of angular momentum.

[doggysammy14]

That was funny,At the end.It was like watching a really drunk person Try to walk strait,Or spin Without falling down.

[twilightlife]

Nice nails

[EvaPilot1]

I hope they eventually make one that doesn't stop spinning.

[samgower]

You could be a hand model as well.

[kk22bbme]

Your voice is creepy.

[WVRN212]

Where can I get one of these?

[Chantheman5]

Inception 0_0

[mrDarkmage459]

FUCKIN MAGNETS HOW DO THEY WORK

[JRock005]

So that's how UFO's work.

[runescape2011ful]

you're voice sounds like my cat giving birth

[mada4458]

cool

[skudzer1985]

Fuckin magnets, so that's how they work...

[mariokillzuall]

If you could get the top to spin while in a vacuum it would levitate indefinitely?

[Dark0Lord7]

@mariokillzuall You mean in space? Obviously not. The absence of gravity would make the top be repelled from he base instead of levitating. If you mean in Earth, in a vacuum box, it would have the same effect as in the atmosphere. It eventually stops and falls off.

[redroab79]

Cool video, but you sound dumb by changing voice to sound lower. you're obviously young and it's okay to sound like you..

[shinlord00000]

Nigggaaa voice !

[StraightEdgeHippie]

Now put one of those mixing motors in that thing and it will last for weeks.

[Mr5ound]

Hi, i know this is an old video and my request might be a little difficult to fullfill, but, what if you tried levitating it in vacuum? will it go on forever? because from what im assuming, the only resistive force it experiences is air resistence, so in a vacumm, it should go on forever.

If im wrong, please enlighten me. thnx

[poketrainer1001]

must buy one now.....

[0adireita]

what happens if i have a magnet ball?

which side is - and +?

[collin2187]

@0adireita an easy way to figure that out is to use a magnet you know the polarity of, the opposite polarity would line up and you have you're answer

[Foxrider3004]

Inception FTW

[Fitzster119]

thats freakin awesome!

[scienceman64]

So would this still slow down in a vacuum or is it the magnets that are slowing the top down?

[jukio02]

this guy is a witch! burn him!!! we'll know if hes a witch if he dies or not!

[PresumingEdd]

Why are you disguising youur voice, the video's are awesome, its just that you sound creepy, like jigsaw from those nasty films 'SAW.

Keep up the vids they are cool, just think about speaking normally.

[Oreontal]

So can this technology be implemented with the earth's magnetic field or metallic core somehow?

[FaTeKiiD]

Is that hes actual voice?

[TheBlacksol]

how much would one of these go for?

[samus7124]

Where can i get one of those?!?!? that is EPIC!!

[tapelegs]

If you did this in a total vacuum, would the top levitate forever?

[thecsslife]

@tapelegs won't make a difference

[tapelegs]

@thecsslife If not air resistance, what destabilizes the motion of the top?

[theKaarvaag1]

This is just amazing!!

[gehtomacgyver]

Does he ever come out of the dream world ?!?! I mean the kinda cut it before the totem fell ...It was teetering ,but idk .. Will ... a movie nerd pleas care to explain that one last part ,and the hidden meaning that is in there that I just don't see.Also it's like 2:00 am so I might just be dreaming .Or dreaming that it's .. you know what ignore the last parts .

[BassBoy0081]

Your channel is awesome!

So are your video's. They're amusing to watch but, normally when i try to attempt them... I blow something up or nearly kill myself. Definatley worth it though.

[Shoeboxchecklist]

i love the lessons.. how do you know all this? ..anyway whats up about the levitation with a magnet and subzero temps? i saw an interesting video on it and maybe you can touch on that? (the video "youtube.com/watch?v=nrUdT8er0­Dk ")

[KyleCarrington]

Build a little circular ring / stand that sits at its levitation heigh and align neodynium magnets in such a way that possibly the OTHER, new magnets mike keep it spinning indefinitely :) Just a thought.

[xpentor]

UFOs use this.

[spietete]

Please subscribe;

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And comments;

[itsabomberscope]

I think this guy works at the black mesa research lab :o)

[NurdRage]

@itsabomberscope Actually i work a few hundred miles over at the white mesa research lab. You don't hear about us as much because we don't make mistakes like open portals and unleash alien havoc. ;)

[itsabomberscope]

@NurdRage Good man! we need you for episode 3! :o)

[MrGmanFreeman]

@NurdRage lulz at evil gaming chiemists :)

[rzb82]

@NurdRage

Epic Reply

[vwlover94]

@NurdRage HA!!



[250Mikey250]

Where did you buy that?

[KnockAr0und]

levitating dreidel !

[Adypie]

You have a beautiful voice.

[BloodyGaaraOfSand]

is that how the UFOs are here on earth? because of of our magnetic gravitational pull? they levitate by their opposite magnetic side?

[ant1ph0n]

set it on fire while it's levitating next time

[kilroy1964]

NOOOO!

You said "Just magnetism and gravity are keeping it in position", that’s physically impossible!

You mean "magnetism, gravity, and gyroscopic force are keeping it in position".

Sorry to nitpick, but that sentence misses the whole point of the Levitron (from a physics point of view).

[NurdRage]

@kilroy1964 i think i mention that, please read the transcript

[Frosttty]

@NurdRage Everyone's an expert critic all of a sudden...

[oneofthousands1994]

@kilroy1964 He's in a dream, he doesn't need gyroscopic force

[bookey80]

@kilroy1964 To be more precise "gyroscopic force" is not a force at all. It is an effect, a human invention to easily describe complex behavior of rotating systems.

[kilroy1964]

@bookey80 Yes, you're absolutely right. I used the common term, but "gyroscopic force" is actually a rotating body attempting to preserve the directional aspect of its rotational momentum vector.

[coolliger]

*Sigh* gravity always wins...

[wanazu123]

FUCKING MIRACLES!!!!!!

[penguinx32]

well at least if it keeps falling...your not in a dream

[johnnyxpp]

greetings follow nerds! :)

[Gmc42082]

this is a great example of persistence. a mathematician proved this to be mathematically impossible. So anyone trying to levitate 2 magnets was scorned by the scientific community.obviously the mathematician and the scientists were wrong and someone figured this out!

[gruosd]

1:26  Alien sex

[yosupdude556]

I love your vids im getting this for cristmas ^_____________^

[gigipah]

I really like this; it is really interesting.

[labmaster49]

there are actually floating globes as well and the floating globes can stay levitated forever as long as it is plugged in

[zeldaman535]

where can you buy those things

[SparxI0]

oh cool! my chemistry/physics teacher took this out today in physics, while he was explaining magnetic and electromagnetic fields

[Perceus995]

AHAHAHA, the advertisement said, "Before you watch some dude crying over a double rainbow..."

[BigWhiteZombie]

I didnt hear anything..

I just saw what was going on.

Why do you correct yourself in anotions. nobody knows what your talking bout anyway lol

[NurdRage]

@BigWhiteZombie you might need to turn on the sound, alternatively, if the sound isn't working for ya, turn on the subtitles.

[SparxI0]

@BigWhiteZombie there are actually some people watching these videos that have more knowledge and intelligence than you and your neanderthal-like brain

[p3rs0n42]

@BigWhiteZombie I know what he's talking about... o.O and I failed A-Level physics and chemistry.... so clearly I'm not THAT science-savvy...

Although it still interests me, which is why I'm here!!!

[salsburyp]

That is awesome! :-)

[musicaldude01]

Too bad you get any trolling at all. :-( I've been a fan of your videos for a long time. Keep up the good work.

[tamere216]

ZOMG THIS IS HOW ALIENS FLY!

[TheSambond007]

Would it carry on forever if it were in a vacuum?

[63NY1]

@TheSambond007 theroretically, yes. that would be awseome. i wonder if NurdRage could do a video of that somehow.

[yahoorif]

This is really interesting!

[monkeymauler1400]

i was going to buy this for my birthday i found it in a magizine for 80 dollars

[pcred562]

@monkeymauler1400 Woah, me too!

[willbay]

Fucking magnets, how do they work? ;)

[jenlovebar]

ohh nice video i have 1 o f  this.. and have somthing better this

[Pr0nfessor]

Can't you make a superconductor which works around room temperature?

[Pook365]

@Nurdrage

I've said something in response to a question someone asked, I'm pretty certain it's the right aswer...but I'm not sure what the force would be called.

Am I correct in saying that the forces between the two magnets contributes towards the forces that slow and eventually stop this from spinning?

For the life of me I can't remember what that force would be called.

[munchchewy0]

how old are you? I'd say about 23. anyway cool vid!

[MzS7]

If some how i can keep it spining, does it levitate indefinately?

[xerke]

How much did it cost if I may ask?

[Gitanu07]

ufo technology

[morganhv]

You should put it in a vacuum chamber to see if even less friction will increase the levitation time noticeably.

[vobotix]

Why dont you use the mechanism of the magnetic stirrer underneath the top to keep it spinning?

[lexichronicle2]

@vobotix that's quick thinking thar shipmatey!

[lexichronicle2]

oooooooooooooo! tantalizingly close to seeing the actual nurd in person, and not just his sexy hands manipulating things. i like your jacket :D

[SludgeSlinger]

Nicely done! 

[rbandgh3]

Great video as always Rage. Where did can you buy it and for how much? by the way I love your hand vs. liquid nitrogen video. a couple of months later popular science featured an article with the leidenfrost affect using liquid nitrogen.

[subfrozenfury]

You have really nice hands. Sounds totally creepy I know, but its just a fact.

[omegahpla]

Sweet! Who's raging over action figures? 7 year olds? lol ... Dig the all the cool stuff.

[cr4zyd4n666]

Nurd rage is awesome :)

[theMeshtar]

sweet

[DetectiveDarren]

Can u stop starting the video with "Greeting fellow nerds".I feel very offended.

[Pook365]

@DetectiveDarren

This video isn't for you then!

:P

[Pipewing]

Ditch the action figure hate videos and you probably will get less hate and more respect. Of course, another great video here.

[NurdRage]

@Pipewing i did, the week i made them was the only week i ever made them. But people still like to dig that up and ignore the rest of my videos. It seems they just want a reason to hate and don't care that I've stopped. Their problem i guess.

[gushhnet]

would placing this in a vacuum prolongate the levitation time?

[Xplay3093]

@gushhnet Good question...

[theMeshtar]

@gushhnet only one way to find out

[SonOfFurzehatt]

@gushhnet I had the exact same thought. Could it create perpetual motion? The answer is, of course, no, but I don't know why not. I want to see this experiment done!

[Pook365]

@SonOfFurzehatt

Basically it only has the amount of engery you put into it.

So the momentum from the spinning and the potential from lifting it into place.

Even in a vacume I belive this would still slow down and stop, but at a slower rate than in air - the magnetic forces must create some kind of friction..or friction like effect.

Have a look at the Wiki for perpetual motion theres a lot of nice info on there :)

[Catchicken89]

@gushhnet Well I think that placing it in a vacuum would probably reduce any wind resistence/drag that would cause the top to spin down, so it would. You'd probably need some crazy vacuum chamber with a robotic arm to get it to spin though, since you probably couldn't do it then create a vacuum.

Maybe there's a video about gyrscopes in a vacuum that would help answer your question?

[killfarts]

@gushhnet

providing the weighting was perfect then it would hover forever because nothing would knock it of of the weak spot in the magnet. until the magnet losses charge so 400 years? i think...

[Pook365]

@gushhnet

Yes, the removal of the friction caused by the air would let it spin for longer.

[evoaintrue]

i can only say 2 things.. awsome ass video that was first and secondly YdeckW just got owned in a row like 5 times.. :D

[Ezekiel720]

Your videos are absolutely awesome !!!!!

[EinYamakasi]

@YdeckW: Nice, a Particracy fanatic with only 4 uploads, 505 channel views (probably people looking to see who this guy is who's pissing all over NerdRage so much) and 5 subscribers. Who are you to judge practical science based on your own personal amusement? You unsubscribed from NerdRage behind the Twilight Oxidation videos. Why are you still here? Hate someone else, Right(ful?) Radical Party. (Isn't that a Nazi, btw?)

[NurdRage]

@imaginaryswordsman oh no worries, i actually get less trolls than most channels. The few i have are just more prominent because i like to flame them. Then they come back for more. :)

i'm actually very happy with my subscribers and the comments i get. Some channels ten times my size get so much trolling that i would never want to be them.

[shartstastegood]

@NurdRage That's no shit... I troll all of the time but not when I'm here... I actually care about what you're saying and I'm learning stuff... Keep em coming...

From a troll... ;-)

[miesrah12]

@NurdRage MY GOD! you discovered anti-gravity!

JK the mythbustere BUSTED IT!

[flamingfigures]

Got one of those in my physics room I'm always playing with :p

[CapsuleMonkey666]

You could probably make one of these, I think that would be pretty cool...I think I'll try that one day actually

[Daud2008]

Is there any way to use it in produce energy to move a car? After all it could stay inside a tube, and the person could do the spinning using some pedals.

[WhatKindOfNameNow]

Awesome little demo. While the concepts are fairly basic, this video did answer one question I had, and that was about the hole in the center of the Levitron magnet. I haven't ever gotten to really look at one before, so I wasn't aware of that.

[normixxxx]

why won't u show yourself at the experiments?

[PiroBojd]

I like it but your old videos was better, man :P

[TheOmigoshification]

I really like that it doesn't fall over even with something between the spinning top and the magnet. Is this due to the power of the magnet? Sorta of reminds me of a third grade science project I did. But of course I wasn't able to make something levitate :)

[J2TKcapIRK]

Sir, I am not sure I understand your thought explanation of a hole in the bottom of the magnet being responsible for its not falling to the side? As I thought I understood, a spinning magnet creates electromagnetism in a radial outward force. This can then interact with the magnetic field around it. As long as it stays spinning it is stable. Correct? I really like your channel.

[adriiPortillo]

Hmmm. Creationists now have a proof against the "theory" of gravity.

[Buggy793]

@adriiPortillo

It's just two forces "counteracting" each other. Try not to offend people next time.

[adriiPortillo]

Belive me, i had an argument about that with a creationist. He told me gravity was also a theory just like evolution. i was like.... O_o

I dont offend no one, I think they do a good job doing that on themselves.