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Re: Hoverboards are possible, here's how

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CrossArmsALT4 is not online. CrossArmsALT4
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16 Sep 2014 12:13 PM
There is a current science called "quantum locking". It was explained in TheGameTheorists' video on Bioshock infinite. Quantum locking, essentially, allows an object to "levitate" (that's not what it's doing exactly, but we're using the term here to explain it).

Here's a video of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA

Basically, the "levitating" object is a superconductor locked in space, hence its other name "quantum trapping". However, as with many good things, there's a catch: there *needs* to be a magnet below. This does not prevent it from moving, as shown with the video, even with great velocity. Thus the solution is: a large magnetic skateboard with the "hoverboard" above it.

TL;DR actual hoverboards are completely scientifically possible provided you don't mind a skateboard a foot or so below it.

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EvilRedPandaa is not online. EvilRedPandaa
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16 Sep 2014 12:16 PM
woah.
i just question the very point on why we must have vehicles that hover. just because it's cool?
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wazap is not online. wazap
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16 Sep 2014 12:18 PM
@Evil because of the ridiculously low amount of friction
@Cross only problem being we need to cool the object to a crazy low temperature for superconductors to even happen
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CrossArmsALT4 is not online. CrossArmsALT4
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16 Sep 2014 12:32 PM
"only problem being we need to cool the object to a crazy low temperature for superconductors to even happen"

yes

however in the video they used liquid nitrogen

which was still somehow safe for him to touch (yeah I don't know either)

" just question the very point on why we must have vehicles that hover. just because it's cool?"

basically because it's cool and it will make a crazy amount of money

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Litemare is not online. Litemare
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16 Sep 2014 12:35 PM
"TL;DR actual hoverboards are completely scientifically possible provided you don't mind a skateboard a foot or so below it."

doesn't that completely defeat the purpose though
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wazap is not online. wazap
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16 Sep 2014 12:35 PM
liquid nitrogen is -198 celsius i think
The problem isnt cooling it to that
its to maintain the temperature
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CrossArmsALT4 is not online. CrossArmsALT4
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16 Sep 2014 12:39 PM
"doesn't that completely defeat the purpose though"

yes but it'll make crazy amounts of money though

"The problem isnt cooling it to that
its to maintain the temperature"

true

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CrossArmsALT4 is not online. CrossArmsALT4
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16 Sep 2014 01:02 PM
bump of science

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SneakyDudeman is not online. SneakyDudeman
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16 Sep 2014 01:05 PM
ooh ooh!

what if they had special roads for hoverboards with these special magnetic skateboards UNDER the road

or better yet, the road just plain being made of some rolling magnets

sort of like a conveyor belt

but magnets

then you put your hover board on that, get on, turn on the magnets, and ride along the special road for hover boards



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goldmaster784ALT is online. goldmaster784ALT
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16 Sep 2014 01:10 PM
i tried to understand
but i'll do it later
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AustinClango is not online. AustinClango
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16 Sep 2014 01:17 PM
Has anyone ever heard of maglev trains?
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16 Sep 2014 01:20 PM
Back To The Future II has been confirmed.
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AustinClango is not online. AustinClango
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16 Sep 2014 01:24 PM
You are a few years to late.
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NarutosRasengan1 is not online. NarutosRasengan1
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16 Sep 2014 01:32 PM
>Thus the solution is: a large magnetic skateboard with the "hoverboard" above it.

Or you could build highways made specifically for hover-vehicle travel and magnetize that instead
Seems a bit more convenient than having a magnetic skateboard beneath it; it's almost the same as regular skateboarding


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CrossArmsALT4 is not online. CrossArmsALT4
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16 Sep 2014 01:54 PM
"Has anyone ever heard of maglev trains?"

yes

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SneakyDudeman is not online. SneakyDudeman
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16 Sep 2014 01:54 PM
@narutos

that's exactly what i meant



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NarutosRasengan1 is not online. NarutosRasengan1
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16 Sep 2014 01:55 PM
@sneak

Oh, I didn't catch your post
But yeah, hover highways and stuff would solve it


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16 Sep 2014 01:57 PM
powerful magnets m8

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16 Sep 2014 02:00 PM
"powerful magnets m8"

i.e the simpler cheaper option which is less stable and more likely to make you fall off

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NarutosRasengan1 is not online. NarutosRasengan1
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16 Sep 2014 02:01 PM
I can only imagine that you're on a hoverboard a mile up and someone just kicks the magnet-skateboard from underneath


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16 Sep 2014 02:10 PM
"I can only imagine that you're on a hoverboard a mile up and someone just kicks the magnet-skateboard from underneath"
I can just imagine the board under you getting tripped up on a crack.

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jasondee1 is not online. jasondee1
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16 Sep 2014 02:13 PM
I could just imagine the board unexpectedly tipping over



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AustinClango is not online. AustinClango
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16 Sep 2014 04:49 PM
The only thing I can see hover vehicles getting a 1up on wheels is speed because of no friction. Those kind of speeds wouldn't be safe at all though. I would hope they never go like the Star Wars style highways in the sky, because that would be crazy
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ImC0py is not online. ImC0py
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16 Sep 2014 04:55 PM
Very cool


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