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    NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate

    Axon Anti-Gravity RC Racer Hovers Past the Competition at 50 MPH

    Alter-G Anti-Gravity Treadmill Approved by the FDA

    Magnetic Shot Glasses Stay Put Even When You're Sloshed

    Cat+Toast=Anti-Gravity
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    Image of trs trs
    09/11/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    These are the crappiest pictures of a floating mouse I've ever seen. Were these taken by the same person that goes around taking pictures of rumored upcoming iPhones?
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    rexsjain promoted this comment trs was starred trs was unstarred
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    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    One more freefall magnet. This demonstrates eddy currents as used in magnetic braking.
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    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    I've been experimenting with a different approach - pulling oneSELF up by one's bootstraps. My primary stumbling block at the moment is procuring tiny boots for the mice.
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    Image of BigRosie BigRosie
    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    I'll bet the first commercial use of this technology will be in porn. The will find a way.
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    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    if it defeats the effects of gravity, i say anti-gravity.
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    09/10/09


    @deliciousburglar: Exhibit A: Failed attempt at anti-gravity.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 09/10/09 1:55 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of frigg frigg
    09/10/09

    @deliciousburglar: jump and you defeat the gravitational field of the entire planet.
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    Image of JackTheTripper JackTheTripper
    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    This is GREAT news! Giz, please please PLEASE let us know when they can levitate a pig. Man, I'm SO gonna get laid 50 times over when that happens.
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    Image of Ryanraven Ryanraven
    09/10/09

    @JackTheTripper: Those girls that rejected you said "when pigs fly" not float. sorry bud, but you're stuck in the poon drought still
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    09/10/09

    @Ryanraven: Technicality. Plus, by odds, some won't know the difference, right? Bah! Who am I kidding.... I'll die a virgin.
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    Image of PooftyIsMyGame PooftyIsMyGame
    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate

    Made me think think of this classic flash sort-of-game.
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    09/10/09

    @PooftyIsMyGame: joecartoon.com

    I have lots of fond memories from that site. No thirteen y/o boy should grow up in the age of the Internet without joecartoon, or an equivalent.
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    Image of aquajaws aquajaws
    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    So they are close to explaining why the hoverboards didn't work on water...something the high powered magnet pushing the water away causing them to lose inertia...interesting...sorry...back the future geek moment. Maybe the hoverboard itself was filled with water...:-)
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    Image of wishnias wishnias
    09/10/09

    @aquajaws: actually the hoverboards didn't work on water because there wasn't any way for Marty to 'push off' on the liquid... if he had a paddle he would have been fine.
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    09/10/09

    @wishnias: And it won't work with this method because the water will just change shape around the column of "flotation".....you'd just have columns of air surrounded by the water.
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    When is Brando coming out with the USB powered Desktop Rat Levatron?
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    Bigbadbikernerd promoted this comment Edited by FriarNurgle at 09/10/09 1:20 PM FriarNurgle was starred FriarNurgle was unstarred
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    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    I'd be more impressed with artificial gravity on a space vessel.
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    Margatron promoted this comment DustyButt™ was starred DustyButt™ was unstarred
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    09/10/09

    @DustyButt™: If the magnets can push mice up, can it pull mice down?
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    Image of aec007 aec007
    09/10/09

    @DustyButt™:
    My first though exactly!.
    If you can create an antigravity electromagnetic field you should be able to create a gravity field.

    In which case one of the biggest hurdles in space travel would be solved.
    With the loss of gravity, fluids in the body moved around too much, bone loss begins to set in a rate of nearly 1% per month in space without HEAVY exercise (threadmill, weight (mass) lifting (moving),etc...

    The New C.O.L.B.E.R.T. might not be necessary in the future...

    This news is fascinating.

    Besides, a great prank on the space station would be to switch someone's gravity field in reverse while on toilet duty!
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    nutbastard: back from burningman promoted this comment aec007 was starred aec007 was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    09/10/09

    @aec007:

    or you can, you know, spin the ship and just use centripetal force to simulate gravity...
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    Image of aec007 aec007
    09/10/09

    @D.E.P.C.: I want your body.:
    I think the power issue is not an issue at all if the finally decide to have the balls of putting a hefty nuclear reactor in orbit or on a ship.

    This is a great read: [www.space4peace.org]
    Interesting anyways... if the can have 2 kilowatts of power in relatively small satallites, you can see that a moderate size reactor could provide ample power.

    @nutbastard: back from burningman:

    I think you've been watching 2001 and 2010 too many times.

    Yes, I do agree that the centripeal force of a rotating section could solve the issue too, but in reality, it would be a frikking cabling and piping mightmare for anyone building such ship.
    IF you consider to sping the whole ship then, I hate to be the pilot or just watch out a window.

    Plus, as @jasonliang: pointed out the energy wasted would be just as bad.
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    Image of aetheria aetheria
    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    not anti gravity field. article title fail. disappointment evident.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/10/09

    @aetheria: Disappointment detected. Activating indifference countermeasures.
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    Image of magius magius
    09/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Indifference countermeasures activated. Initiating L.M.A.O. maneuver.
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    Image of FightingChance FightingChance
    09/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Apathy-condensers at 103% capacity! She's ready to 'meh' Captain!
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    09/10/09

    @aetheria: i agree. the magnet is simply creating a force opposite to the direction of gravity on the mouse, not removing the gravitational force
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    Image of DarthSensate DarthSensate
    09/10/09

    @powell.442: You can still call it anti-gravity because it is generating an force to counter the force of gravity. nuf said. Anti-gravity does not have to mean neutralization of gravitons or some such quantum affect... unless you define the constraints of the experiment to be such.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    09/10/09

    @FightingChance:

    Initiating Text Sequence: Excessive Continuance. Sequence Stable, Begin Handoff in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
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    09/10/09

    @DarthSensate:

    generating a force that opposes gravity is not anti-gravity - only generating a force that negates the effects gravity is anti-gravity. this does not negate the effects of gravity, it opposes them. though the mouse floats, the mouse itself still feels a downward pull. levitation doesn't cause the sensation of weightlessness, which is the simplest litmus test for gravity negating vs gravity opposing forces.
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    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    JPL != NASA
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate

    Old news, rodents have been able to float for years!

    He totally didn't need any magnets, either.
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    Image of HyperDrunk HyperDrunk
    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    They had this on discovery channel, made all sorts of small objects float including frogs. it's nothing new.
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    Jesus Diaz promoted this comment HyperDrunk was starred HyperDrunk was unstarred
    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    09/10/09

    @HyperDrunk: It is completely new. The frogs and the grasshopers were tiny. These are large mice.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/10/09

    In reply to NASA's New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate
    Look, guys. Not to rush you or anything, but you've got about six and a half years left. Let's upgrade this mess, miniaturize it and make with the cheap plastic products already!

    While you do that, I'll be busy turning my pants inside out and ordering one of these: [www.amazon.com]
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