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A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]

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Re: A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]

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So you’re saying there’s a way.

I'm not even sure a person could survive being in a magnetic field that strong. Motion of blood through the field would generate electric currents in the brain and heart (and elsewhere).

Induced by the hemoglobin movement?

Re: A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]

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Not even close but thanks for playing.

You know there's a lot of other stuff around that would have problems with huge multi-tesla fields, right? Even levitating someone with iron attached to various points on a full body rope access harness would require consideration of the wiring in the walls.

Yep. It's a terrible idea.

Re: A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not even sure a person could survive being in a magnetic field that strong. Motion of blood through the field would generate electric currents in the brain and heart (and elsewhere).

Induced by the hemoglobin movement?

Just motion of salty water in a magnetic field.

Re: A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you’re saying there’s a way.

I'm not even sure a person could survive being in a magnetic field that strong. Motion of blood through the field would generate electric currents in the brain and heart (and elsewhere).

They said that the levitated frog was fine afterward, but I've always wondered about the effects of long-term exposure.

Re: A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]

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Ignoring the differences between LK-99 and the levitating frog is foolish. 1. The diamagnetism of LK-99 is more than ten thousand times that of the frog; 2. LK-99 only exhibits one-dimensional diamagnetism, whereas the frog has three-dimensional diamagnetism.

Odds are that anyone equating those two at this point is dishonest.

But I think the video made it here because it's cool as fuck. There is no implication of anything around it.

Re: A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]

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Ignoring the differences between LK-99 and the levitating frog is foolish. 1. The diamagnetism of LK-99 is more than ten thousand times that of the frog; 2. LK-99 only exhibits one-dimensional diamagnetism, whereas the frog has three-dimensional diamagnetism.

Odds are that anyone equating those two at this point is dishonest. But I think the video made it here because it's cool as fuck. There is no implication of anything around it.

I can’t figure out if his post was jest or not.

Re: A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]

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Any chance of magnetically repelling a person from a ceiling, and/or attracting them from the floor, to create artificial gravity in space?

IANAP, but i would assume such levitation wouldn't be all that stable if we are expecting people to move around in it.
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