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I like to call this an anti gravity machine, but it could be called a permanent magnet levitation machine. The thing I like about it is kids are fascinated by it.
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1. Glass or plastic tube.
2. Glue that will stick to glass, plastic, or metal.
3. Button magnets that fit inside the tube.
4. Larger Button magnets to cap the tube.
1. Glass or plastic tube.
2. Glue that will stick to glass, plastic, or metal.
3. Button magnets that fit inside the tube.
4. Larger Button magnets to cap the tube.
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What makes the problem harder to discern we do not truly know what gravity is, we can measure it, we can calculate it, but we cannot study gravity, out side of gravity.
Antigravity is the idea of creating a place or object that is free from the force of gravity. It does not refer to the lack of weight under gravity experienced in free fall or orbit, or to balancing the force of gravity with some other force, such as electromagnetism or aerodynamic lift. Antigravity is a recurring concept in science fiction, particularly in the context of spacecraft propulsion.
In Newton’s law of universal gravitation, gravity was an external force transmitted by unknown means. In the 20th century, Newton's model was replaced by general relativity where gravity is not a force but the result of the geometry of space. Under general relativity, antigravity is impossible except under contrived circumstances.
Quantum physicists have postulated the existence of gravitons, a set of massless elementary particles that transmit the force, and the possibility of creating or destroying these is unclear.
"Anti-gravity" is often used colloquially to refer to devices that look as if they reverse gravity although they operate through other means, e.g. Lifters, which fly in the air due to magnetic fields.
Please just four words, cant you do better than that?
Joe
Gravity is the force created by 2 objects being attracted to eachother because of their mass in them. Because the Earth is so big, everything is pulled to it's center.
The Moon too is attracted to the Earth. But it stays in it's elliptical path because of it's large momentum created by it's speed.
The tide is created by the Moon, because the Moon's gravity is pulling the seas. The water doesn't leave the Earth because the Earth has a larger Gravitational Force, but the Moon does make it move, creating eb and flood.
What you're just using here is an excellent example of MAGNETIC force overcoming the GRAVITATIONAL force. If you try to hold 2 northpoles together, they will try to push eachother away. This force is created by the 2 magnetic fluxes bouncing into eachother.
Planes use the lift generated by their wings to overcome the Gravitational force... No anti-gravity.
These so called 'Lifters' use high voltages to ionize the air, creating a small airflow. The airflow overcomes the gravitational force. Just like helicopters do. But helicopters use rotating wings, as it is much easier to create enough airflow to lift people and cargo in the air. These lifters use ultralight materials like aluminum foils. Little weight will need little airflow to be lifted from the ground.
To have 'Anti-Gravity' you would need an object that has a greater mass than the entire Earth.
There are no 'gravitons' either. Atoms have mass and mass creates gravity. Particles within (quarks) these atoms have masses. But there is no such thing as Gravitons giving atoms their mass.
And monorails aren't Anti-gravity either.