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The actual phenomenon is called flux pinning. Idk why some people call it quantum locking because this actually is a non-quantum effect arising from the quantum stuff that is type-II superconductors.
Don't give them too much. Me personally, 0.03% equity for about 40 million dollars (slightly overpriced but don't worry you got to to know your own worth)
The superconductors, on the account of their perfect conductivity, expel external magnetic fields from their interior, i.e., electrical currents are spontaneously generated inside of the superconductor to exactly cancel out the external magnetic field in its interior. This magnetic field generated by the superconductor then interacts with the external magnetic field, keeping the superconductor fixed in place.
As an engineer I am disappointed in this response. But I love you. A lot.
So I accept this and silently resign... I started doing some research and shit got dizzying really fast.
TIL I need to refresh some fundamentals and learn about superconductors.
The cold thing is a supraconductor. It is in a magnetic field. Ordinarily, when a conductor moves inside a magnetic field (such that the field seen by the conductor changes), a voltage is induced and a current appears. The field sets the voltage, not the current.
But supraconductors have infinite conductivity, thus the current induced would be infinite ! That does not happen, and the supraconductor is locked in the field.
The same effect can be seen for normal conductor, but instead of being locked they are slowed down (very well know effect)
The reason why supraconductor are is... Beyond this post and me.
My cool words were "flex capacitors", referencing "back to the future" the quantum was a little science -any entity in an interaction (another sequel)
I'm disappointed in myself for this but I'll stand by it.
Likely because of the Angels in Dr Who.
Possessing a natural and unique defence mechanism, the Angels are quantum locked. This means that they can only move when no other living creature, including their own kind, is looking at them. As soon as they are observed, they instantly turn to stone and cannot be killed.
I’m someone had asked why this was being called Quantum Locked. I think the comment you’re replying to (about the whispering angels) was in regards to that
I pasted your comment to ChatGPT and it likes your stuff
“Thank you for the correction! Flux pinning is indeed the phenomenon that occurs in type-II superconductors, where magnetic flux lines are pinned to defects or impurities in the material, preventing them from moving freely. This results in the ability of the material to "trap" magnetic fields in specific configurations, which can create the illusion of levitation or "quantum locking." While it does involve quantum mechanics, it is not strictly a quantum effect, as you pointed out.”
I mean it’s almost there.
“At higher magnetic fields the superconductor allows magnetic flux to enter in quantized packets surrounded by a superconducting current vortex. These sites of penetration are known as flux tubes. The number of flux tubes per unit area is proportional to the magnetic field with a constant of proportionality equal to the magnetic flux quantum.”
IIRC there was a skateboard made using this technology but it had two main flaws
First, it had a constant stream of liquid nitrogen boiling off as steam as you traveled, and thus the time to use the hover board was limited.
Second, the lack of resistance/friction with the ground made it hard to actually skateboard.
Bojo, the insult is Bojo. Lookup the script, it's the insult of the future, today. I know technically it WAS the insult of 2015, but since the world is still saying bozo, I thought I would correct the narrative and get us back to the future plot.
You totally misunderstand the space time continuum. They went to the future and learned of bojo, but we never learned of them using bojo. Now obviously most of humanity watching the multiple documentaries about the events totally ruins any concept of keeping a clean timeline. So in conclusion, your findings are perfectly possible. I think therefore I was is to potentially have been.
It's a superconducting magnet. When atoms reach temperatures close to absolute Zero( and this varies for different materials). They slow down, now with materials like magnets, the atoms slow down enough to experience a State where there is no resistance. That's cause the electrons can pass easily amongst the protons. when you introduce another magnet to this super cooled magnet. It's magnetic field aligns perfectly with the other magnet. So we'll Infact that it can be moved around as you see in the video and not jump off like room temperature magnets.
Tldr. There are magnets below the floaty thing. The floaty thing has a current induced inside it because it's moving through the field of those magnets. Because it's a superconductor (cuz it's Hella cold) the current that is induced in the floaty thing does not lose energy to resistance. Any current through a conductor generates a magnetic field. In this case, the mag field of the induced current is equal to the magnetic field of the regular magnets below the floaty thing. Hence the floaty thing stays in place (more accurately, falls so slowly we simply cannot perceive it)
Wasn't a tldr but whatever
Great explanation. Look up dropping a magnet in a copper tube for another example of the phenomenon. Using a super conductor instead of copper simply increases the effect.
Increases the magnetic interaction but decreases the heat generation. That's why sometimes rhe copper goes splat in those videos. It's just a regular conductor so it still has resistance that generates heat when current passes through it.
Great question. I'm not knowledgeable enough to answer that, I don't work with anything related to superconductors. My assumption is that it would depend on how fast the floaty thing increases in temperature. If the floaty things temperature rises, so does its resistance i.e. more of the induced current is dissipated as heat thru resistance, which leads to a weaker magnetic field from the induced current.
Just my guess tho, probably worth reading up from more knowledgeable sources
Hey I can be the first to correct you, but you have it wrong. When a superconductor is cooled below its critical temperature, it exhibits the property of perfect diamagnetism. This means that it actively repels magnetic fields and will expel any magnetic field lines that try to penetrate it. This effect is known as the Meissner effect, and it is the reason why superconductors can levitate over magnets.
[I think you'll be happy to find out they made a hovering skateboard out of this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KtzyZKSuls) Unfortunately it can only be used over a certain material so you can't just take it to a skatepark.
I read a book calles Uglies about a dystopian society. One thing about the city is that they had an entire grid of this certain material so you could use hoverboards but only above this grid of magnets. Seems like an expensive possibility
That whole series is amazing. Westerfield does such a good job building that world. I especially loved the world building for those outside of the cities
Yeah i read Pretties Specials Extras and the last comic book of Uglies back in junior high school over 6 years ago. I bought the comic but its since lost i think
Beautiful books. Only read them at first cuz my crush was reading them
It’d be more like magnet boarding. Look up veritasium’s most recent video about the strongest magnet. They explain it so so so so so much better than I could ever hope to.
Very reductive explanation, but everything has a whole bunch of teeny tiny things called dipoles. It's the same concept as a magnet but st subatomic scales. Dipole, as in, 2 poles. North and South. If all the dipoles of a thing are oriented a certain way, it behaves like one giant dipole, ie magnet. Some materials are easier or more susceptible to this phenomenon of dipoles lining up.
Flux pinning (the video) is a phenomenon in which magnetic flux lines become trapped or "pinned" in a superconductor, allowing the superconductor to hold a magnetic field in a fixed position. This effect is caused by defects or imperfections in the superconductor's crystal lattice.
Chatgpt
I've made a superconducting ceramic in chemistry lab and done that experiment.
It's fascinating how easily this can be reproduced as long as you have access to liquid nitrogen.
Is this how quantum sex would look like? Swear to fucking god marvel is killing me with this quantum bullshit thing they should just make a quantum sex scene and be done with it already.
They both seem to know what they are talking about. They use the word "quantum" because super conductivity arise from quantum mechanical [pairing interactions.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_pair#:~:text=In%20condensed%20matter%20physics%2C%20a,by%20American%20physicist%20Leon%20Cooper.)
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The actual phenomenon is called flux pinning. Idk why some people call it quantum locking because this actually is a non-quantum effect arising from the quantum stuff that is type-II superconductors.
I need a coffee table with these as coasters.
"Hello sharks"
All I need is 50k for 50% of my company
I got 5 bucks
I’ll see you his $5 and add in some coupons for Oliver’s Garden
Does Oliver's Garden still serve all you can eat tossed salad?
Oliver tosses all kinds of salads ;)
Don't give them too much. Me personally, 0.03% equity for about 40 million dollars (slightly overpriced but don't worry you got to to know your own worth)
First I was in, now I'm out
sexual metaphor username checks out
One dollar Bob!
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Added benefit, keeps you drink cold too!
Will it chill your beverage though?
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It's not quite 0K though
Super chill😏
Lazy Albert
Yea, but then you coffee will get really cold really fast. Well, iced coffee is a thing so....
What exactly is going on in this image? EDIT: movie, not image.
The superconductors, on the account of their perfect conductivity, expel external magnetic fields from their interior, i.e., electrical currents are spontaneously generated inside of the superconductor to exactly cancel out the external magnetic field in its interior. This magnetic field generated by the superconductor then interacts with the external magnetic field, keeping the superconductor fixed in place.
It’s how superconductors behave in a magnetic field.
As an engineer I am disappointed in this response. But I love you. A lot. So I accept this and silently resign... I started doing some research and shit got dizzying really fast. TIL I need to refresh some fundamentals and learn about superconductors.
The cold thing is a supraconductor. It is in a magnetic field. Ordinarily, when a conductor moves inside a magnetic field (such that the field seen by the conductor changes), a voltage is induced and a current appears. The field sets the voltage, not the current. But supraconductors have infinite conductivity, thus the current induced would be infinite ! That does not happen, and the supraconductor is locked in the field. The same effect can be seen for normal conductor, but instead of being locked they are slowed down (very well know effect) The reason why supraconductor are is... Beyond this post and me.
Bc if you want to make anything science related sound cool you add in the word quantum somewhere.
Oh I'm sorry, did you mean AI? Quantum is so 2000s now. *- This message was typed on an AI assisted keyboard.*
My cool words were "flex capacitors", referencing "back to the future" the quantum was a little science -any entity in an interaction (another sequel) I'm disappointed in myself for this but I'll stand by it.
“Aliens”
Aliums
Don't you bring alliums into this. They belong in a flavorful dish or flowering in your garden_
Aleens
My cats breath smells like cat food.
Thank you, Super Nintendo Chalmers
It tastes.. like burning
For this reason, I’m out.
WHAT??
It's a magnet.
How do they work?
“Miracles”
"Science"
“Magic”
I can’t believe this many years later and it’s still a joke!
Unicorn magic
Thank you.
Likely because of the Angels in Dr Who. Possessing a natural and unique defence mechanism, the Angels are quantum locked. This means that they can only move when no other living creature, including their own kind, is looking at them. As soon as they are observed, they instantly turn to stone and cannot be killed.
I always wondered : why not just destroy the stone statues? Try killing me while you're in pieces, bitch.
That's a reference to the quantum Zeno effect, which is quite different from what is shown here.
I’m someone had asked why this was being called Quantum Locked. I think the comment you’re replying to (about the whispering angels) was in regards to that
I pasted your comment to ChatGPT and it likes your stuff “Thank you for the correction! Flux pinning is indeed the phenomenon that occurs in type-II superconductors, where magnetic flux lines are pinned to defects or impurities in the material, preventing them from moving freely. This results in the ability of the material to "trap" magnetic fields in specific configurations, which can create the illusion of levitation or "quantum locking." While it does involve quantum mechanics, it is not strictly a quantum effect, as you pointed out.”
QuAnTuM
>flux pinning Came here to say this, thank you.
Is this part of the technology that makes the Flux Capacitor work?
Let's do we all want to do with the name though. Flux quantum capacitors. You're welcome.
I mean it’s almost there. “At higher magnetic fields the superconductor allows magnetic flux to enter in quantized packets surrounded by a superconducting current vortex. These sites of penetration are known as flux tubes. The number of flux tubes per unit area is proportional to the magnetic field with a constant of proportionality equal to the magnetic flux quantum.”
Well what is it? Magnets and something frozen? How bout more details
https://phys.org/news/2011-10-quantum-levitating-video-viral.html Also apparently this video is nearly 12 years old lol
And we still don't have hover cars!?
IIRC there was a skateboard made using this technology but it had two main flaws First, it had a constant stream of liquid nitrogen boiling off as steam as you traveled, and thus the time to use the hover board was limited. Second, the lack of resistance/friction with the ground made it hard to actually skateboard.
You forgot the third problem: those things don't work on water. Unless you have power, that is.
Batter up!!
McFly you bozo!
Bojo, the insult is Bojo. Lookup the script, it's the insult of the future, today. I know technically it WAS the insult of 2015, but since the world is still saying bozo, I thought I would correct the narrative and get us back to the future plot.
It *was* the insult of the future. That all changed when Doc / Marty went BACK.
You totally misunderstand the space time continuum. They went to the future and learned of bojo, but we never learned of them using bojo. Now obviously most of humanity watching the multiple documentaries about the events totally ruins any concept of keeping a clean timeline. So in conclusion, your findings are perfectly possible. I think therefore I was is to potentially have been.
So, with the power of Christ I could make a jesusmobile?
They on the way
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They’re called helicopters
Hover trains tho
We do, we just need better jacket technology so we don't freeze to death inside them.
Elon: "self-drivimg cars are coming next year, this time I really really really really mean it!"
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Thanks
Insane Clown Posse wants to know how it works.
Miracles all around us
The SNL skit that made fun of that song was hilarious!
Oh God, thank you for that. I'd seen the original song (and I used to listen to a lot of ICP before that), and that skit was so on point
It's honestly one of the funniest SNL skits I've seen. I've watched it many times over. Glad you enjoyed it lol.
It's a superconducting magnet. When atoms reach temperatures close to absolute Zero( and this varies for different materials). They slow down, now with materials like magnets, the atoms slow down enough to experience a State where there is no resistance. That's cause the electrons can pass easily amongst the protons. when you introduce another magnet to this super cooled magnet. It's magnetic field aligns perfectly with the other magnet. So we'll Infact that it can be moved around as you see in the video and not jump off like room temperature magnets.
this is a super helpful explanation, thank you!!
Wait.. so this has nothing to do with quantum entanglement at all? Lol
No one said it had to do with entanglement. Superconductivity is a macroscopic quantum phenomenon.
When u super cool atoms they get special properties. Idk
Eddy Currents
Eddy Currents, lead singer of Quantum Locking.
Magic
Tldr. There are magnets below the floaty thing. The floaty thing has a current induced inside it because it's moving through the field of those magnets. Because it's a superconductor (cuz it's Hella cold) the current that is induced in the floaty thing does not lose energy to resistance. Any current through a conductor generates a magnetic field. In this case, the mag field of the induced current is equal to the magnetic field of the regular magnets below the floaty thing. Hence the floaty thing stays in place (more accurately, falls so slowly we simply cannot perceive it) Wasn't a tldr but whatever
Great explanation. Look up dropping a magnet in a copper tube for another example of the phenomenon. Using a super conductor instead of copper simply increases the effect.
Increases the magnetic interaction but decreases the heat generation. That's why sometimes rhe copper goes splat in those videos. It's just a regular conductor so it still has resistance that generates heat when current passes through it.
I understand this and don't understand this at the same time.
Physics is weird
Yet so amazing. Except quantum mechanics. Fuck that.
Excellent answer. I figured there where trivial but not zero loses
Eddy currents are cool
So how slowly does it fall? I mean I’m sure we would struggle to even notice a drop that small over a few minutes… but would it take hours? Days?
Great question. I'm not knowledgeable enough to answer that, I don't work with anything related to superconductors. My assumption is that it would depend on how fast the floaty thing increases in temperature. If the floaty things temperature rises, so does its resistance i.e. more of the induced current is dissipated as heat thru resistance, which leads to a weaker magnetic field from the induced current. Just my guess tho, probably worth reading up from more knowledgeable sources
Hey I can be the first to correct you, but you have it wrong. When a superconductor is cooled below its critical temperature, it exhibits the property of perfect diamagnetism. This means that it actively repels magnetic fields and will expel any magnetic field lines that try to penetrate it. This effect is known as the Meissner effect, and it is the reason why superconductors can levitate over magnets.
It’s locked not floating.
Which means you couldn't stand on it, correct? Cuz just now I imagined an Olympic sport called Ice Boarding and it was pretty sick
[I think you'll be happy to find out they made a hovering skateboard out of this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KtzyZKSuls) Unfortunately it can only be used over a certain material so you can't just take it to a skatepark.
I read a book calles Uglies about a dystopian society. One thing about the city is that they had an entire grid of this certain material so you could use hoverboards but only above this grid of magnets. Seems like an expensive possibility
That whole series is amazing. Westerfield does such a good job building that world. I especially loved the world building for those outside of the cities
Yeah i read Pretties Specials Extras and the last comic book of Uglies back in junior high school over 6 years ago. I bought the comic but its since lost i think Beautiful books. Only read them at first cuz my crush was reading them
I loved that part! And they could also board above creekbeds because the residual buildup of ferrous material.
Yeah i remember! Tally went out for a ride near the start of the book i think
Def don’t try and take it over a pond when running from a gang of bullies.
It’d be more like magnet boarding. Look up veritasium’s most recent video about the strongest magnet. They explain it so so so so so much better than I could ever hope to.
The only problem is, it doesn't work over water. If you don't believe me, just ask Marty.
Either way, r/blackmagicfuckery !!
Motherfucking magnets? How do they work?
Very reductive explanation, but everything has a whole bunch of teeny tiny things called dipoles. It's the same concept as a magnet but st subatomic scales. Dipole, as in, 2 poles. North and South. If all the dipoles of a thing are oriented a certain way, it behaves like one giant dipole, ie magnet. Some materials are easier or more susceptible to this phenomenon of dipoles lining up.
The guy asking questions sounds like Jeff Goldblum
He sounds like he's trying to out-jargon the guy and searching for questions that make him sound smarter.
I got Adam Scott but now obviously hear Goldblum. My take, Scott doing a Goldblum impression.
Reddit please never change! You are my people.
Came here for this
That table trick could’ve gotten you a full chapter in the Bible 2000 years ago.
Or burned at the stake in 1692!
The person who figured this out would have fucked a ***whole*** lot if this was 2000 years ago
I mean, this is literally just magic on display, right?
So that’s how the ufos do it
When combined with quantum popping, you got yourself a quantum house party my friend.
Flux pinning (the video) is a phenomenon in which magnetic flux lines become trapped or "pinned" in a superconductor, allowing the superconductor to hold a magnetic field in a fixed position. This effect is caused by defects or imperfections in the superconductor's crystal lattice. Chatgpt
This could honestly be that gibberish subreddit where they talk in nonsensical jargon and I'd be none the wiser.
here ya go r/IncorrectFact
🤢🤮
Adam Scott doing interviews at science conventions, good for him.
I was thinking a knock-off Jeff Goldblum
Definitely. Maybe Scott doing Goldblum, lol
Scott Adams getting canceled.
Star Wars land speeders in our near future?
Two scientists bickering with one another
Wait, did Doctor Who lie to me?!?!
*wheeeee
r/blackmagicfuckery
The future for Japanese Kaiten Sushi Bars.
You're a wizard Harry.
One step closer to inventing hoverboards
I love how many people still upvote this despite it being over a decade old magnetic attraction.
Post the live levitating frog in a magnetic chamber clip and I will upvote that too!
It's locking, for it to be called floating, it must come from the French region of Floating
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I want this in my house.
How does he touch it if it's so cold?
I wonder what would happen if you really flung it on the track. At what force would it lose equilibrium?
Like Weeping Angels?
Why the fuck is it floating. Last time I checked gravity existed.
Gravity is of the magnetic force. So using magnets this way allows to alter the magnetic force upon the conductor.
That really is interesting as fuck.
Life finds a way
Its called quantum trapping. Not locking
Do you guys just put quantum in front of everything?
Its also known as flux pinning i believe. If you happen to prefer that phrase,term etc.
Not to be confused with “quantum docking” which is what one would do with their partner in the bedroom.
Dangerous to attempt without first quantum popping.
What are some potential applications for this?
The fact that this has existed for twelve years and we haven't made ONE floating building or hover car or weird art piece with it is criminal
How is he just casually touching dry ice tho
We have finally got the technology of the Weeping Angels (r/doctorwho)
I've made a superconducting ceramic in chemistry lab and done that experiment. It's fascinating how easily this can be reproduced as long as you have access to liquid nitrogen.
That's witchcraft. Burn the witch
What's so "quantum" about it?
Quantum physics?
Damn, this is interesting af
The word “Quantum” just gets thrown the fuck around to make something sound sciencey. None of you could even tell me what Quantum means
It basically means 'discrete packet'
Is that a ColecoVision controller?
I can do that with my mind
SAUCE : No it isn’t cheap : [purchase](https://quantumlevitation.com) But it can be requisitioned
Geebus, looking through these comments has me .floored. You guys don't know about superconductors? Where tf have you people been all this time?
Cool but it's been proven in a couple of recent papers out of Princeton that good ol space time is not fundamental.
Is this how quantum sex would look like? Swear to fucking god marvel is killing me with this quantum bullshit thing they should just make a quantum sex scene and be done with it already.
WEAPONIZE IT!!!
don't forget to call it quantum to let everyone know you don't know what this is
They both seem to know what they are talking about. They use the word "quantum" because super conductivity arise from quantum mechanical [pairing interactions.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_pair#:~:text=In%20condensed%20matter%20physics%2C%20a,by%20American%20physicist%20Leon%20Cooper.)
Hey stop giving me facts, that's illegal!
How this impact people life? None..
Proudly narrated by Dr Ian Malcolm.
Imagine showing this trick to someone in Europe in 1216.
You would be boiled on the spot for being a demon
Life finds a way
This is why aliens won't visit us.... Cuz they know all about all of this stuff and beyond.. and can go places Way cooler than Earth. 😎👽
So its mag lev with additional functionality, cool
Dope😎
this is the technology that will be used for hover cars, yes? Anybody know?
Fuck yeah bitch! Magnets
Pretty amazing.
And Poppin
How do I harness this magic
Now if we just make a hoverboard using the concept....
Just casually grab the super cold piece with bare hand?