Hey dumbass, you tryna make me puke?
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]
#42Came across this video in high school when I was doing research on portable MRIs for some club. Really shocked me that this was possible, always have been hopeful to see more research into magnetic fields and what they can do. I remember that superconducting was a challenge, but have read about breakthroughs using graphene since. Hopefully we get to see something in our lifetime
Re: A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]
#43The failure of the scientific community in not continuing to pursue the goal of levitating increasingly large fauna can not be overstated. It’s 2023 and we’ve devoted untold billions to finding the Higgs boson, to landing and reusing orbital rockets, and yet, I can’t go on YouTube and find a video of a levitating giraffe. Sad.
What about levitating humans?
Re: A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]
#44Kek wills it
Re: A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]
#45Earlier 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).
That sounds like a much more convincing explanation than “we simply don’t have this material”.
Back of the envelope tells me levitating a person would need a magnetic field 10x that of this frog droplet, or about 160 T. The magnetic pressure of a 160 T magnetic field 1.5 million psi, or about 100x the pressure at the bottom on the Marianna Trench, and also about 1/3rd the detonation pressure of military high explosives.