Nov 1 2007Levitation Is Probably Result Of Black Magic
Crealev, a Netherlands based company, has developed a way to "levitate an open platform with whatever you want on top to a significant height in a stable and resilient way." No word on how it works, but it's allegedly inexpensive (although I find that hard to believe) and requires little power (0.5-0.8 watts for the items in the video). They're just taking custom orders now, but plan to have a line of products available in the future. I actually finished submitting a custom order before writing this, and I just wrote "me" as the object I want levitated. Magic baby! That ass-clown Criss Angel doesn't have shit on this guy.
A very short video of some levitation after the jump.
UPDATE: Another video demonstration added as well.
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Reader Comments
1. yoyo - November 1, 2007 2:22 PM
Put it on the toilet for comfiest crap ever 69th!
2. slowpoke - November 1, 2007 5:18 PM
1st!
also neat
3. Karn Patel - November 1, 2007 6:30 PM
Dude that is awesome. Anyway don't make fun of criss angel. Just a tip, many really hot girls like him. So if they can't have him, they will want a shoulder to cry on. Catch my drift.
4. Angel Mass - November 1, 2007 6:46 PM
They should change the "Moco Loco" part of it before reaching the Spanish speakers countries lmao.
Other than that WOW! I can imagine the upcoming floating Computer screens ;)
5. farming cacti - November 1, 2007 7:01 PM
dont listen to number three...make fun of criss angel.
6. Lukas - November 1, 2007 7:24 PM
"Hoe kan dat?" xD
7. Michael Brown - November 1, 2007 7:35 PM
I'd love to know how it actually works, other than that it doesn't.
8. mohammad - November 1, 2007 8:15 PM
i've heard that things like this work with magnets.
they just put both the - sides towards each other or both the + sides towards each other. (they rebel)
thats how criss angel does that. weeks before his team dig up the sidewalk where hes gonna do it, put a magnet under it and then recement it. then they have magnets in his shoes. the staying still and hard enough so you dont fall is the hard part.
9. xkcd - November 1, 2007 9:52 PM
It's photoshopped. I can see the artifacts around the edge.
10. Shae - November 1, 2007 9:58 PM
Looks a little bit too good to be true. How many lamps are going to get broken before someone stops Crealev?! (And yes, the airplane picture on the website is very much photoshopped).
11. Travel Blogger - November 2, 2007 12:43 AM
Can it levitate my hot ass?
12. ivanm - November 2, 2007 9:26 AM
thats how criss angel does that. weeks before his team dig up the sidewalk where hes gonna do it, put a magnet under it and then recement it. then they have magnets in his shoes. the staying still and hard enough so you dont fall is the hard part.
13. Siem - November 2, 2007 9:31 AM
Tech demo vid ripped from their website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKbMtdhcY60
14. tx5882 - November 2, 2007 9:48 AM
you wankers whine too much. If it's inexpensive (here's hoping), looks good, and can spark a conversation with attractive women, its a winner.
15. Kaj - November 2, 2007 1:12 PM
From what I've seen in the past, a lot of these technologies rely on magnetism. A permanent magnet in the target to levitate, and an electronically controlled electromagnet in the base. By carefully modulating power into an electromagnet, the object stays levitated at a fixed distance.
16. tmhs - November 2, 2007 3:25 PM
I'm going to have to go with what Kaj said.
Two magnets repelling each other won't work like those in the videos. The top one will always fly off. The only other way I've seen this done is with magnets and super cool tempratures and that's obviously not the case here.
17. Sci-God - November 2, 2007 11:36 PM
Please it simply works like this. Follow if you can. within the base there is a rapidly spining metal disk (like the ones found within a hard drive). Within the object being levitated there is a small yet powerful rare earth magnet. I will keep the physics simple and explain it like centrifugal force and angular momentum along with the magnetic lines of force all work in sweet harmony. Someone should have paid attention in that physics class instead of passing notes. LOL. I kill me!
18. Sci-God - November 2, 2007 11:42 PM
Ohh... and if you guys need any other explanations ... you know, simple stuff.. like how do birds fly, why is the sky blue or why do zebras have stripes, or even a tough one like what is the purpose of human life... just ask.... i am here to help! Peace, love and hair grease!
19. Fred - November 3, 2007 1:14 PM
Can you explain why you have no friends. This ought to be good.
20. mr quackums - November 4, 2007 5:13 AM
it works with sound waves. get them pulsing hard enough and fast enough and a light object will float on the air above the speaker.
magnets wouldnt work because then every object they used would have to be unmagnified.
21. Eugene - November 5, 2007 5:10 AM
I want one...where can i order??
22. greg - November 5, 2007 12:21 PM
put your credit cards on it... you´ll see how much money you will win
lol
23. Sci-God - November 10, 2007 7:05 AM
Fred, i can't help it if you are dumber than a rock! Sound waves my ass! And i have friends, students, co-workers and other like minded aholes that i enjoy spending time with. Not so many friends though, i tend to keep a small circle, all with 140 or higher IQ's, so that means we could never be friends!
24. alan - December 8, 2007 7:10 AM
Criss angel wishes he can do this without camera editing
25. mike p - April 15, 2009 11:59 PM
They obviously are just using an electro magnet to repel another magnet. Same way how those floating trains work
26. Xavier - April 15, 2010 7:01 PM
aimant magnétisme
27. Thanatos - July 3, 2010 10:33 AM
there you go guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4XEQVnIFmQ&feature=related
28. Collin - September 13, 2010 2:37 AM
To Sci-God,
I am a glass student and want to apply this magnetic technology to levitating blown glass. You seem to understand this more than I do and would like to ask you specifics in undergoing my own experiment. E-mail me or comment back if you'd like to discuss this further. Thanks.
-Collin
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