Levitating Light Bulb (Wireless Power Transfer + Magnetic Levitation)

Hey, I'm Chris Rieger, an Electrical Engineering student from the University of Queensland Australia.

This is a project that I've been working on for a while now and I hope you like it.


More info can be found at my website: http://chrisrieger.com/LevLight.aspx

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  Science & Technology

[PunkLooees]

YEAH YEAH, very clever and all... But how do we know you're not Magneto...

[MisterThomasPAINE2]

How many blondes does it take to change a levitating light bulb ?

[FilzSkillz]

Set-up a couple hundred of these around your house to make it look like Hogwarts.

[peridot1313]

Nifty 0.0 i want one :P

[TinselKoala .]

Very nice! Inspired me to get back to work.

It doesn't look like you are responding to comments, so I hope you don't mind if I do.

My levitation system is based on Arduino microcontroller, sensing using a CdS photoresistor and LED, not a Hall sensor. My wireless power transmission system and my levitation system are described separately in vids on my channel. I haven't yet combined them. I wonder if Chris's system is separate like mine or if both functions are combined in a single circuit.

[ATLphotographer]

I would like to build one of these for my geek wedding.

[James Reardon]

Seriously cool, let me know when the kits are around. curious to use it as spotlighting instead of halogen down lamps.

[Rahmanacus]

Let me know when the kits are ready

[clemency]

Definitely interested in a kit!

[ImperiumGrigorium]

czy to znaczy że można przesyłać energie na odległość bez pomocy kabla?

[zebidinofus]

hey this is awesome btw! just waiting for the day now where we can simple throw a lightbulb at the ceiling to change it, and when the old one is broken it simply falls off and sprays glass everywhere :D BUT SRSLY I was wondering how much power does the levitating part use roughly??

[iRouRoui]

genious