{"id":33975,"date":"2017-01-31T11:42:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T19:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/electromagnetic-levitation-quadcopter"},"modified":"2017-04-26T12:56:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T19:56:16","slug":"electromagnetic-levitation-quadcopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/electromagnetic-levitation-quadcopter","title":{"rendered":"Electromagnetic Levitation Quadcopter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pCON4zfMzjU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Spinning magnets near copper sheets create levitation!<br \/> Try Audible free for 30 days: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AudibleVe\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/AudibleVe<\/a><br \/> Special thanks to Hyperloop One for showing me around.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Patreon supporters:<br \/> Nathan Hansen, Donal Botkin, Tony Fadell, Saeed Alghamdi, Zach Mueller, Ron Neal, Perry cl, Bryan Baker.<br \/> Support Veritasium on Patreon: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/VePatreon\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/VePatreon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Filmed by raquel nuno, edited by trevor carlee. <\/p>\n<p>Obviously this \u201cquadcopter\u201d is a demonstration device, showing how moving magnets over a conducting surface can generate levitation. It has not been optimized to minimize losses or be an efficient mode of transport. I still think it\u2019s pretty cool. I\u2019m used to seeing light things levitated by induced currents but not a 100+ lb machine.<\/p>\n<p>For more on Hyperloop One: <a href=\"https:\/\/hyperloop-one.com\/\">https:\/\/hyperloop-one.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pCON4zfMzjU&amp;feature=youtu.be\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pCON4zfMzjU&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spinning magnets near copper sheets create levitation! Try Audible free for 30 days: http:\/\/bit.ly\/AudibleVe Special thanks to Hyperloop One for showing me around. Thanks to Patreon supporters: Nathan Hansen, Donal Botkin, Tony Fadell, Saeed Alghamdi, Zach Mueller, Ron Neal, Perry cl, Bryan Baker. Support Veritasium on Patreon: http:\/\/bit.ly\/VePatreon Filmed by raquel nuno, edited by trevor [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33975"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56156,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33975\/revisions\/56156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}