I love the RoyalInstitution channel, other good ones are Periodicvideos and Sixtysymbols
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Great, now make a racetrack designed like that, build some ships and apply some thrusters to em..
Now we can Wipeout in real life!
[video=youtube;zk0LrDUGZ5E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk0LrDUGZ5E[/video]
Please let this happen before I die somewhere around 2080..
Now make really impractical hover trains with giant vats of liquid nitrogen to keep them super cooled.
That track is blowing my mind. I'm trying to figure out how it gets the cart to go on the top during one lap, then the bottom during another. Or did the guy move it from the top to the bottom?
[QUOTE=loopoo;41250670]That track is blowing my mind. I'm trying to figure out how it gets the cart to go on the top during one lap, then the bottom during another. Or did the guy move it from the top to the bottom?[/QUOTE]
It's a mobius strip, a one-sided object. You can make one yourself by grabbing a long strip of paper, and joining the ends after giving it a half-twist.
[t]http://domathtogether.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Mobius-strip-Blue4251.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=squids_eye;41250315]Now make really impractical hover trains with giant vats of liquid nitrogen to keep them super cooled.[/QUOTE]
There are already hovertrains.
Good thread.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/qQaLqIV.gif[/IMG]
Best thread ever.
once (and if its even possible) they make superconductors which work on room-temprature, we'll be able to make some amazing shit.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;41250723]It's a mobius strip, a one-sided object. You can make one yourself by grabbing a long strip of paper, and joining the ends after giving it a half-twist.
[t]http://domathtogether.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Mobius-strip-Blue4251.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
for added fun, use scissors to cut along the strip, separating it into two thinner, interlocking loops
So... with the whole room-temp superconductor thing, is there ANY application for them beyond "awesome maglev trains"? I probably just lack imagination, but the maglev tracks are LITERALLY all anyone ever shows when trying to demonstrate this sort of thing, and yet it's such a highly anticipated black-magic of science to accomplish.
[QUOTE=J-Dude;41251185]So... with the whole room-temp superconductor thing, is there ANY application for them beyond "awesome maglev trains"? I probably just lack imagination, but the maglev tracks are LITERALLY all anyone ever shows when trying to demonstrate this sort of thing, and yet it's such a highly anticipated black-magic of science to accomplish.[/QUOTE]
If we had affordable room temperature superconductors we'd stick them fucking [I]everywhere[/I] that needed a conductor (hint: electronics)
And the benefit of this superconductive wiring would be more efficient energy transfer?
[QUOTE=arthuro12;41250249]Great, now make a racetrack designed like that, build some ships and apply some thrusters to em..
Now we can Wipeout in real life!
[video=youtube;zk0LrDUGZ5E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk0LrDUGZ5E[/video]
Please let this happen before I die somewhere around 2080..[/QUOTE]
RIP Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool :(
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;41251119]for added fun, use scissors to cut along the strip, separating it into two thinner, interlocking loops[/QUOTE]
Which are also mobius strips, do it again for even more awesome.
[QUOTE=arthuro12;41250249]Great, now make a racetrack designed like that, build some ships and apply some thrusters to em..
Now we can Wipeout in real life!
[video=youtube;zk0LrDUGZ5E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk0LrDUGZ5E[/video]
Please let this happen before I die somewhere around 2080..[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqmdv5iyIOY[/media]
Too bad it's fake.
[QUOTE=J-Dude;41251185]So... with the whole room-temp superconductor thing, is there ANY application for them beyond "awesome maglev trains"? I probably just lack imagination, but the maglev tracks are LITERALLY all anyone ever shows when trying to demonstrate this sort of thing, and yet it's such a highly anticipated black-magic of science to accomplish.[/QUOTE]
We could use them in every conceivable electronic device as a replacement to conventional conductors to acheive super-energy efficiency. I mean, just imagine circuits where electrical resistance is non-existent? No heat generated by running a current through a cable, etc.
[QUOTE=Legend286;41251484]Which are also mobius strips, do it again for even more awesome.[/QUOTE]
wait no, I thought they were just ordinary loops
brb trying it out
[editline]30th June 2013[/editline]
ha, we were both wrong. it turns into a single larger mobius strip, with one extra twist
Guys, you're forgetting the big question here!
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/o40SWJk.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=scratch (nl);41251116]once (and if its even possible) they make superconductors which work on room-temprature, we'll be able to make some amazing shit.[/QUOTE]
Metallic hydrogen is thought to be a room temperature superconductor, of course, you need pressures that are higher than at the center of the earth to get a substance, but it's also thought that it can be made into a metastable state and stay solid without the pressure.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;41251119]for added fun, use scissors to cut along the strip, separating it into two thinner, interlocking loops[/QUOTE]
don't try using scissors though OP, use a knife
if you try to cut a one-sided object with a cutting tool that pinches both sides of something you destroy the universe
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