SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC LEVITATION

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More Maglev info:
Inq's Levitating Rings:
www.curiositybox.com/store/le...
Superconductor Video: archive.org/details/HeikeKame...
Levitating a superconductor:
• Boaz Almog "levitates"...
The Meissner Effect:
hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...
Flux Tubes:
academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...
Maglev Kits:
www.quantumlevitation.com/pro...
*CREDITS*
Patreon Executive Producers: Arsalan Noorafkan, Ian Chi, Peter Beukering, Jim, Andrew Klein, Star Melody
Directed/Produced/Hosted/Edited by Jake Roper
Cinematography by Eric Langlay
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Research by Scott Frank

[@Vsauce3]

OH HELLO THERE! Good news! There will be another video coming out either end of this week or next week. Along with the trailer for season 1 of "Could You Survive The Movies?" Also, "Could You Survive The Movies?" will be free to watch. First episode comes out October 21st. If you were wondering where I have been it is because I've been working on that show for the past 7 months. Can't wait for you to see it! HUGS

[@quanahrain5740]

Vsauce3 epic

[@Dan_K_Meme]

Welcome back!

[@ghettoelectro3925]

Vsauce3 This puts a smile on my face.

[@drearen0072]

There will be a Halloween special?

[@BMatrix]

It has been too long! Welcome back!

[@henkiedebomb]

Hockeypuck: Hits -200 degrees Celsius Gravity: Aight, I'ma head out.

[@SheenaMalfoy]

Turns out gravity is actually just really weak. It doesn't take much force to overcome it, and the magnets have more than enough force for something so small.

[@huntercorrales6794]

@@SheenaMalfoy true that's why the gravitational pull we emit on others is so small its basically zero the only reason the earth and sun's are able to have observable effects on other objects is because they are absolutely massive

[@crackedemerald4930]

420th like

[@finnwilliams830]

@@crackedemerald4930 the only real scientist in this thread

[@CaptainAdmiralMango]

Well, I think gravity is still in play, like how it still slides down when he made a slope with the magnets- it's just locked in place kind of

[@San-jn6bm]

Newton: **gravity* Smol cool oreo: No.

[@3User]

Gravity does still apply to the puck, it's magnetic fields that don't act on it

[@yinyang1217]

@@3User its a JOKE

[@sebione3576]

@@yinyang1217 A Damn Funny One At That.

[@ethanmeek4789]

Coniver divide woooosh

[@joasmiel4003]

@@3User u could just play along.

[@sprok5623]

Should wear the magnets like a belt and have the disc like hover around you, that would look cool

[@yinyang1217]

That would be very annoying to use in school class tho

[@yinyang1217]

Also freeze them every 5 hours..

[@mrbodycatcer]

Yin Yang every 5 hours? You’d be lucky to get 5 minutes from that.

[@yinyang1217]

@@Vysair he said belt

[@Vysair]

@@yinyang1217 Just imagine a strap of magnetic in circular shape around your hip, they will definitely attract to each other if powerful enough. If you still cant imagine it, try drawing it with an arrow as the flow of the magnetism

[@gameseeker6307]

This whole physics property has baffled me for a year now *how*

[@thirfty4449]

Magic

[@nickmagrick7702]

which part don't you understand? I might be able to help explain

[@gtb870]

Nick MaGrick what is changing in the material at low temperature that makes it act as a superconductor? Are the atoms lining up in a perfect crystal lattice type structure?

[@nickmagrick7702]

@@gtb870 yeah basically. The more stable the atoms and electrons, the more stable the field is as well. But superconductors are special (at one time was thought to be impossible material to make), they allow electrons to pass through it without resistance. The puck was already a super conductor, cooling it merely locks the field it produces into place.

[@gtb870]

Thanks nick I now have a field of science that i have to know everything about. Cheers for your help mate

[@lesexantus3755]

"Vsauce! I'm Jake-" Man I missed that!

[@partiallyslicedbread369]

Vsaue

[@blueeyedtech1234]

Same here. I hate having to wait so long between videos

[@ricardobentes]

Welcome back Mr Roper. You were missed. :)

[@hogindoz]

*veesoss

[@DankoHidalgo]

Visoz*

[@jumpander]

This has to be one of the coolest things I've seen.

[@kaniphish]

I see what you did there.

[@jumpander]

@@kaniphish This pun was truely not intended.

[@Danilego]

I think that's the most Sci-Fi thing I've ever seen that's real

[@blue_kobolt1785]

*clap clap clap*

[@Khizar_Ansari]

Coldest thing

[@Nathanfx2006]

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arther C Clarke

[@afk-Legacy]

"One man's miracle is another man's Science."

[@WillFaustCuber]

Nope this is just quantum locking. It is definitely distinguishable from magic

[@alansmithee419]

@@WillFaustCuber not to someone who doesn't know how it works - in which case it is sufficiently advanced to them.

[@WillFaustCuber]

@@alansmithee419 Yeah you're right I guess. I had just watched an entire video about the quantum locking phenomenon right before I wrote my comment so yeah. 🤣 Also btw this is really random but u seem cool, do u play any video games?

[@syndicalistspeedsolver]

@@life-zc1mb few months too late

[@dmand2353]

I'm gonna be honest, I haven't been this amazed at something since I was a kid.

[@Dylan_Otto]

DMAN D ikr, I miss that feeling of wonderment we all had as a kid

[@finnkyle5552]

I MISSED YOU JAKE WE ALL MISSED YOU

[@quietkiwi7572]

The feels

[@LuciusVulpes]

Best Vsauce channel definitely.

[@sebione3576]

Yeah Jake. I guess we don't know you personally but we all care about you man.

[@FunkyFerretJr]

In case you didn't know, he has a personal channel too called "Jake Roper"

[@mrallosauce2525]

Finn Kyle facts

[@urchin0v0]

Imagine making the magnets look like planets and making a lil solar system

[@Schoko4craft]

you could even tilt them. But i am not sure if they can still hover along the track in that state

[@briannairb793]

that would look amazing holy moly

[@vengervoldur6534]

Put it all in a sphere that's been drawn into a vacuum and with the absence of air, which causes some, albeit minute friction which would eventually lead to the model coming to a halt, and you've got a reasonably simulated model of the solar system.

[@nicholasvernsey3064]

They have those

[@urchin0v0]

@@Schoko4craft probably not but I'd be cool if they could

[@afallingtree9114]

*Bug fix version 9.10.2019* -fixed gravity latency error on some objects. -fixed bug that allows players to enable the “sv_gravity” command while in game.

[@krissyai]

-removed aliens dis time 4 good

[@ImayavarambanGK]

THIS IS SOO GENIUS😂😂😂🤣

[@MannFace51]

Maybe that’s why cool people are cool Because they go with the flow

[@quietkiwi7572]

I approve.

[@muteza]

They all float

[@sebione3576]

Everything floats down here,@@muteza

[@nadaotk]

Very cool comment, thanks.

[@abdullahx8118]

God damit

[@nikkirennardo5100]

This is just an Easter egg in this video game called life

[@syrialak101]

How high are you?

[@homiespaghetti1522]

@@syrialak101 7 grams

[@david2618]

@@syrialak101 As much as Joe

[@wcurty336]

@@david2618 who's sugma?

[@btsvodertot]

@@david2618 whos joe?????????

[@AndreasNV]

This has me baffled like a cat watching a pendulum.

[@fallenangel9614]

Who else starts feeling a bunch of memories rushing in when you listen to “flower duet”

[@luisMendoza-pm6xq]

Fallen Angel for me is regular show, when they got the ulti-meatum burgers

[@_mossy_8520]

Who on your dp?

[@Super_Smash_Dude]

@@luisMendoza-pm6xq Me too:)

[@Astro-X]

xbox 360 arcade song game

[@XManium]

Have you ever heard this version? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4DVc6CKg7imsLM

[@SoulSukkur]

The three Sauces have finally been added to the algorithm, forming into the penultimate ultra-DONG.

[@Dougiewoof]

I'm sorry never herd of her. Did you mean: DING

[@Harry-jl6fb]

What in the world is a "DONG"

[@SoulSukkur]

D!NG is a farce and a sham formulated when capitalism spits in the face of art. A DONG is a thing you can Do Online Now Guys

[@AudioReplica2023]

@@Harry-jl6fb why you asked?😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@laurinneff4304]

Isaac Pizarro They renamed the channel to D!NG

[@Broccoli_32]

In LK-99 we trust

[@ratio6677]

turned out to be an insulator not a superconductor at room temperature

[@bankcolgate2155]

1:37 I love the fact that Michael’s astral projection spies on the other two sauce boys.

[@jasongabe5678]

The Vsauce's are back

[@testsubject7881]

i mean kevin never stopped

[@nadeembakr9082]

test subject no one even cares about that one

[@meownamejeff]

@@nadeembakr9082 thats mean

[@theancestor9345]

@@meownamejeff he's not wrong, though

[@meownamejeff]

@@theancestor9345 I disagree. Each of Kevin's uploads get around a million views. If you can't figure it out: that's about a million people viewing his videos. I'm sure he has many thousands of fans among these viewers who care about him and his content.

[@noOtherFs]

This is the kind of thing I imagine a character like Magneto would do in his spare time while he's bored

[@yinyang1217]

@@hashtagnoname3931 *What happens if we superconduct Magneto's _pp?_

[@edwardborek4988]

“Why are we not funding this!”🗣 -Peter Griffin

[@TechSupportDave]

@Alejandro D Pina i just love how we still have soo much potential for scientific discoveries. it always feels like the world is almost in a standstill, until we realise that there are things like this being worked on.

[@bungu1375]

Cause the government is already funding it secretly to develop ufo technology lol

[@thecsslife]

The fact it hovers upside down as well blows my mind

[@josephroberts7167]

Imagine with me, friends: This could be the future of transportation. All we need is an eccentric billionaire.

[@2tvtv]

@Saurabh Wadhwani elon

[@gameseeker6307]

And a way to keep the tracks at a rlly frost temp

[@bongwater5612]

@@gameseeker6307 liquid nitrogen flowing through pipes beneath the rails.

[@josephroberts7167]

@@gameseeker6307 Or the vehicle can be cold, and the underground tracks have an electric current running through them.

[@nikkoa.3639]

This is one of the most expensive ways to get fossil-free transportation due to how liquid nitrogen is made. You cannot make this feesible for the future.

[@joeypm1]

3:55 michael hiding in the back left

[@zedaddy3530]

That's a cardboard

[@tinybabybread]

He's been there as soon as Jake started talking in front of the camera just over a minute in

[@yinyang1217]

OH GOD

[@saikek4923]

*Newton : ok lemme explain how gravity works real qu-* *Jake : No.*

[@sofar2218]

Jake: "Quantum Locked" **Weeping Angel flashbacks**

[@tdreamgmail]

I predict this video is going to pop off again very soon.

[@shadowsovereign4948]

“Vsauce! I’m Jake!” Everyone liked that.

[@Rolando_Cueva]

Vsauce*

[@shadowsovereign4948]

Rolando Cueva lol I can’t believe I did that thanks

[@anjx1018]

Imagine playing air hockey with this.

[@FiksIIanzO]

Fun until you get frostbite

[@yinyang1217]

@@FiksIIanzO And that's why you don't lick it

[@VicJang]

Well, was that worth the wait! This is freaking awesome Jake! Glad you’re back with all the good stuff again!

[@joshuaentwistle960]

"I don't know how to end this, so..." Well done, Jake - I suspect that took a lot of thinking about to admin and just run with. Glad to have you back! I assume you also had Michael's VSauce1 password, because he's reappeared too.

[@thousandsofclowns]

The intro looks like something ripped straight out of Breaking Bad.

[@chocolavabrainstorm]

Yeah science 🔥

[@kalakritistudios]

Beautiful

[@Dan_K_Meme]

Guess who's back, back again

[@somerandomguy___]

Jack it is

[@nategamingandcreepyreading6565]

Tell a friend tell a friend tell a friend

[@yoshikagekira4471]

I’ve missed you, Jake. And also that close up shot of the superconductor with the vapor surrounding it was way too cool.

[@heart0fthedrag0n]

Seeing this, I had one of those "Wow, this is the future" moments. Whoever finds a close-to-room-temperature superconductor would reshape the world as we know it.

[@muaythai242]

The opera music at 0:57 - 1:35 is pavane in f sharp minor faure thank me later 🖤

[@MordecaiVertecimes]

It's not an opera.

[@nathanthemoneyman9191]

3:20 to 4:55 Moonlight Sonata too

[@bytefu]

Wow, Gabriel Fauré wrote in F# before it was mainstream.

[@maxkaspersson2584]

thank

[@ntnwwnet]

Nathan The Money Man Do you know which specific version/performance of Moonlight Sonata?

[@qmarcius]

When the puck is levitating under the magnets and you hold those magnets in your hands, do you feel the additional weight of the puck?

[@vShio]

qmarcius woah

[@audiblegasp1]

yes you do, superconductive levitation has nothing to do with gravity. It is the same electromagnetic force holding something you glue below the track and you'll agree that you would feel that weight.

[@dweep9546]

Yes. You're gonna carry that weight.

[@carpedorio9691]

@@dweep9546 I see where did you get that from, and that gave me frickin' goosebumps. Awesome. Edit: Just saw Spike on ur profile pic haha

[@williamdunnaway2799]

Yes you would it is the same as sticking two magnets together you would feel the weight in this it is just not touching if it didn't weigh anything he would be a billionaire

[@spiderguy20]

That's incredible. I always learn something new on your video. Nice job Jake and team

[@arunkannan3002]

Oh how much I missed your videos!😭 Thank you Jake! Love you!

[@MrHammyStar]

I love how cinematic and artful Jakes videos are. It’s like if Vsause 1 went to film school

[@gayrice3160]

Jake, i missed ya.

[@manooxi327]

Perfect profile pic

[@gayrice3160]

zah fares tnx

[@MrNagano00]

I'm here to see the LK-99 future.

[@chickenlegend8039]

You're back! I've missed you dude! Hope you're keeping well, and it's great to have you back!

[@s-boy2004]

The Vsauce gang is back, and they're greater than ever

[@malcay5550]

Jake, you're the best. Never stop bein you.

[@idiotsinc7658]

Glad to see you back! Love your videos!

[@joshuaswinarton3274]

Absolutely awesome! Thank you for making this video!

[@Spooky4815]

The vsause team is back, first michael and now this

[@m3ch1n39]

% carrying my grades: my professor: 1% me : 1% Vsauce 98%

[@apacheattackhelicopter5823]

B33S_BOT99 woah your professor actually teaches you something? That must be a damn good one. Since I learn nothing from mine

[@laurelcook9078]

B33S_BOT99 🤣

[@jasondonavich2758]

This is by far one of my favourite episodes you've done on this channel....

[@pdpauldelaney]

Perfect again and as always! Thx Jake

[@samuelhopely4853]

"On this episode of A S P E C T R A T I O "

[@dylanfleming1124]

C I n e m a t I c

[@encryptedmaze]

The camera work on this is outstanding!

[@dirrtbikekid7]

2:33 best visual I’ve seen to explain superconductor. I’ve been trying to visualize it my head and this looks very interesting

[@gamophyte]

Thanks it's like a better HD update to all those videos that came out in 2007 about it

[@outside8312]

Daddy Vsauce came back and gave us series to watch now Jr is following in his footsteps 😍

[@rhproductions9874]

can the disc rotate/spin while floating above the magnets? It looked like it was locked in place but I was just curious to know.

[@cainmartin4131]

it can't on these magnets but it can rotate on a magnetic ring

[@TubMez]

RH Productions i have seen somewhere that yeah they can

[@3User]

Nope it can't

[@NPC0010]

Oh wow, Jake finally uploaded something! Miss you man! Upload more.

[@TafelLager12]

This video made me tear up. Thx Jake

[@gabrielchavarria22]

They should make a roller-coaster like this.

[@shitlordflytrap1078]

We already have one, it's literally the Maglev train...

[@jared8515]

@@shitlordflytrap1078 When someone says that they want to get on a rollercoaster you don't send them to the train station, do you?

[@gabrielchavarria22]

@@shitlordflytrap1078 But does it grip from above?

[@vdubxyz]

There's not too much point from an economic standpoint given we can already accomplish the desired effect with current rollercoaster technology. They do refer to amusement park rides as "cheap" thrills after all.

[@ericbartol]

Yeah. Can't wait to have my car for this ride to be dropped to -190 C! I'd be scared stiff! ...or just stiff.

[@ujepagaz8495]

3:23 classical music starts Sh*t about to get lit

[@ujepagaz8495]

And also jake it's *lacrime not lacme It meand tears in italian

[@erzsblasfantaven3334]

@@ujepagaz8495 I think he meant 'Lakmé', the opera by Delibes from which the duet is taken from

[@butekomala]

@@MarianG89 moonlight sonata 1st movement

[@homiespaghetti1522]

It's Moonlight sonata played by an orchestra

[@tanti385]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/boLbY5-DlrKmopo

[@dantemidei]

If you were to set the cooled magnet down, could you make the track hover above it?

[@BeeWithSunglasses]

universe: you have now unlocked: floating rollercoasters

[@RSpudieD]

OOOO this was good to watch in 21:9!

[@HunterHerbst]

Is that what ratio it's in? I couldn't figure it out for the life of me. Too wide for 16:9, but too skinny for 32:9

[@junaid8608]

Ah, why was I waiting to see him do a ballet while holding the object when the music was up.

[@douglassvensson4024]

Ive seen a lot of things on KZbin but this is really cool, thanks for showing this

[@SamFriedman]

Jake, I love it. I love ya. Good to have you back!

[@Arutnevv]

* Gravity exists Superconducting magnetic levitation: I'm gonna end this whole mans career.

[@Yalikejazzboi]

Missed your videos man

[@philippwieczorek2141]

Beautiful picture and sound design.

[@TheFoxfirelight]

This video gives me so many Ideas and leaves me with so many questions.

[@somethingcool9325]

Damn that song hits the spot 😭

[@MissDemonicTV]

Can we just say that intro song was a banger

[@Panicakr]

i need to know what it is

[@cagecreation8923]

@@Panicakr same

[@marcaronbghbarnholdt9477]

Me too

[@logix8969]

4 notes playing in a very simplistic loop isn't what I would call a 'banger'...

[@ripster7]

I'm just here to find out

[@sentinelvortex8433]

This is by far the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life, won’t be surpassed anytime soon

[@oweznero]

First Michael uploaded a video on Vsauce and now jake uploaded here on vsauce 3 Oh yeah, It's all coming together

[@themarblers4399]

When I was a little kid, I tried superconducting with hot water.

[@trunestor]

And you probably have 3 degree burns

[@trunestor]

Or more

[@themarblers4399]

@@trunestor Nah, i'm fine, but thanks!

[@3User]

You gotta cool things down to superconduct them, not heat them up

[@Loyal2Liberty]

Does anyone know who performed the orchestral version of Moonlight Sonata in this video?

[@miminepho]

I'm interested as well!

[@Dylan_Otto]

Gonna leave a tactical dot here in case someone answers .

[@giannimarcia4288]

.

[@AudioReplica2023]

Yes! Jake is back. Welcome back my friend , hopefully everything is going better for you. We wish you the best👍🏽

[@equinox-XVI]

Imagine Hover Hockey where the puck levitates just above the ground and the players use shoes with the same structure to all hover over a magnetic field. I don't know / can't think of any practical uses at the moment, but you have to admit, that it would be epic.

[@FirstLast-cc6cv]

Not exactly what this video is about, but there are actually labs that are using custom made magnets with customized poles to have special uses. Like for instance, there are some magnets designed to act as a door knob allowing it to twist but when "locked" the poles would align and hold it firm. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me. There were other uses but I only remember the doorknob one

[@emperortgp2424]

Oh wow, you're alive.

[@emmanuelcrejbongah6925]

"I love you" xD

[@emersonsantana3150]

Wooaaa eu loved the quality of this video! Perfect for a widescreen monitor!

[@wajisaleem]

Me: "RollerCoasters, Trains, Busses, & Go-Carts?!?" The World: "Void where prohibited."

[@nitsanbh]

Moonlight Sonata at 3:18 is so great! Does somebody maybe please know what version it is?

[@sambulls]

It's an orchestra version I haven't looked too hard but it's hard to find. Do you happen to know the music in the beginning with the choir and orchestra

[@sambulls]

It's the stokowski Version open.spotify.com/track/4l7Lzyif5fqMiBx46WntGk?si=1Y3ZV7FORP237XavUm-WPQ

[@TrimutiusToo]

Well theoretically you can also go other way around and make magnet levitate over superconductors... I remember doing that in a lab (physics major is so much fun sometimes)

[@Misterjankens1221]

love the wide angle camera work

[@musachi5999]

Mind blown & jaw dropped. This was super cool, thanks for the vid Jake👌

[@Winggoo]

I remember when Lexus made that hoverboard using the same method.

[@3User]

The lexus hoverboard did not use the same method, the hoverboard wasn't cooled to a temperature close to absolute zero to turn it into a superconductor, they just used magnets and nothing else

[@Winggoo]

@@3User I remember a video explaining how it used liquid nitrogen to cool it down though...

[@waxt0n]

@@3User that is not true. They did in fact use liquid nitrogen to cool down a superconducting material in order to have the board float. Also absolute zero is still quite far from the temperature of liquid nitrogen.

[@johnnyregs2378]

This is much more commonly referred to as "quantum levitation".

[@theoaungle2024]

@@TurboPancake I'm from Utica and I've never heard anyone use the term "quantum levitation".

[@thysvanzyl2782]

Love the music - it really works so well ! Must be because what one sees is so beautiful - poetic beauty !!

[@qpSubZeroqp]

This is freaking beautiful

[@seannoe750]

Does anyone know the song that was playing in the intro? I must know, for science.

[@josephbell8517]

Plz tell me

[@ErrythinSplodesII]

Also wish to know

[@justifano7046]

Same

[@jononaka543]

Up

[@giannimarcia4288]

.

[@raulzagal5097]

Who is here because Lk-99?

[@rickluv2163]

It’s great to see you back on KZbin, Jake. Hope you’re well!!!

[@MarcadamiaNut]

Simply incredible

[@connorcriss]

2:19 why is Michael in the background

[@BigMantis__]

The episode was nice and short less like vsauce and more like vdressing

[@rajshekhar85]

Excellent demonstration. Thank you so much!!!

[@ginsan8198]

That's so cool! Literally and figuratively.