Boaz Almog "levitates" a superconductor

http://www.ted.com How can a super-thin, three-inch disk levitate something 70,000 times its own weight? In a riveting, futuristic demonstration, Boaz Almog shows how a phenomenon known as quantum locking allows a superconductor disk to float over a magnetic rail -- completely frictionlessly and with zero energy loss.

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[Tyler Jimmieson]

dude.. it gives off a mist because it's cold...

[grlcansng Garcia]

And thus is the basis of U F O technology THANK YOU MR TESLA for you invetions you were truly a head of your time U F O's are real but humans made them not aliens also alens do exsist but we created them in Labs not visa versa if you don't believe me take a sudden interest in the gnome and genetic engeneering this is how we created them it is all to fool the masses just remember they tell us what they want us to believe and not what is actual so remember this blog when you see them with ur eye

[Simona Balas]

omg science is so cool!

[grlcansng Garcia]

Bet me they can ! they traverse (not fly) thru the space and time continuum which is why those who have wittnessed these sightings say these ufo or beter said traversing disks (a Tesla Concept BTW) are known to disappear and reappear fading in and out U F O's are real but they are not alien in orgin they all were man made the same way gnome scientists are manipulating cross breeds of spiecies to make aliens beings

[grlcansng Garcia]

contain it all in one package and you add superconductor wire to charge it like he was saying this is what powers U F O's

[Andre Rampersad]

alright but doesnt the disk have to be super cold? in the future how will they mange to keep this suoer conductor at that temperature? its very awesome but right now with cureent technology it seems very impracicle to continuously pour liquid nitrogen on the disk. but even in the future how would you do it?

[nyooman]

Woo! Disc! We love you, superconducting disc!

[Raffael900me]

what kind of meth are u smoking? that makes no sense

[Diego Guillermo Schmidt]

The problem is not how to make superconductors, the problem is how to make room temperature super conductors.

[Diego Guillermo Schmidt]

This is the way to go for future transportation.

[Nathan Stirling]

What is the difference between them 'telling us what they want us to believe' and you 'telling us'. Unless you are inside the 'conspiracy' how do you know.....Aren't you just believing what you want to believe?

If you seriously believe that we are that advanced with genetics then I ask you..Why aren't the big multinationals making money from far more simple practices such as 'designer genetics'?

The reality is that while the future is exciting and before us we still have much work to do.

[jetlorider]

Hover cars are in production!!!