A few times in the video at around the 14 min mark I say semiconductor...I meant superconductor. Sorry:)
@JustLuke9444 жыл бұрын
Put it in your vacuum chamber and isolate it from sun rays to prevent the superconductor from cooling down to see for how long it will spin
@JustLuke9444 жыл бұрын
It would be sick
@EthanAllred14 жыл бұрын
You should do a video on the *High Voltage Anti-gravity Lifter!*
@RTOF4 жыл бұрын
6:58 14:49 14:53 14:55 14:59 15:27
@shubhamsingh35194 жыл бұрын
What's the critical temperature of this material Can you tell us which material is this? I have read this in my book it said super conduction drop as the material's temperature changes even a bit from the critical temperature if it's true then how is this levitation possible please reply?
@bamdenie34664 жыл бұрын
"You wont even need a physics background to understand this" "Now this here is a type 2 superconductor"
@Approximation4 жыл бұрын
You need a basic understanding of magnetic fields and electronics to understand it.
@CandymanSEHTx7134 жыл бұрын
@@Approximation well he should have also said that because all i know is "that shit is cool af"
@witheredbonnie94344 жыл бұрын
@KhakiPeach67 9th grade, still dont know wtf this is
@zoharcohavy85934 жыл бұрын
A few classes away from graduating UCLA with a degree in computer science and engineering, I think these people suck at explaining anything and a lot of their stuff is kinda wacky.
@zarrowthehorse4 жыл бұрын
@@user-hg4iv4jh2l because there's no way you looked that up online
@samberg38643 жыл бұрын
I hope I live to see the day that this technology is used to create a theoretically perfect air hockey table.
@octaviotapatio20263 жыл бұрын
😂😂. Or an easy way to remove dents on my car door.
@Heywoodthepeckerwood3 жыл бұрын
Kids these days..... always waiting for other people to make their lives better. Build your own damn liquid nitrogen cooled superconductor air hockey table for gods sake.
@samberg38643 жыл бұрын
@@Heywoodthepeckerwood I mean. I guess I feel sorry for you if you think mid 20s is a kid? Lift with your legs, don't want to throw out your back. Also the fact that you're unable to distinguish a joke from a life long ambition.
@Heywoodthepeckerwood3 жыл бұрын
@@samberg3864 sooooooo, you think I really expected you to build a nitrogen cooled superconductor air hockey table???? The irony of your critique about understanding a joke is delicious. Goob
@samberg38643 жыл бұрын
@@Heywoodthepeckerwood The joke is that a 12 year old is saying "kids these days" to an adult lol. It's just funny, lighten up buddy.
@tommyclancy14444 жыл бұрын
Like how you speak about atoms as if they have feelings
@TheActionLab4 жыл бұрын
you are atoms and you have feelings-->atoms have feelings
@cxyte8144 жыл бұрын
@@TheActionLab Big brain time
@JBlooey4 жыл бұрын
You insult the atoms on my screen.
@dabj95464 жыл бұрын
@Prateek Mogha That's a great thought almost that great that I wonder how nobody has responded with that to this comment before you, possibly even the youtuber that made this video...
@justakid85374 жыл бұрын
The Action Lab damn that's insane
@thepsychedeliccartographer57652 жыл бұрын
I spent the better part of my childhood attempting to make magnetic levitation . and the closest I got was 2 neodymium rings on a pencil. turns out all I needed was a type 2 superconductor and some liquid nitrogen. what I would've given to have this guy as a science teacher as a kid. fascinating stuff man!!! thank you for this, I genuinely feel a small part of me was never going to be satisfied until I could see it happen. p.s. the bread reminded me of superman for some reason and I got a chuckle out of that
@TRIDENTGAMINGCBYTZ Жыл бұрын
Love that for you man.
@BibiTo83 Жыл бұрын
@@TRIDENTGAMINGCBYTZlove you loving that for that man
@Astrobotl849 ай бұрын
I think it would be cool to use this as a hoverboard track...
@thepsychedeliccartographer57659 ай бұрын
@@Astrobotl84 it's actually been done
@freddykruger30908 ай бұрын
Can you give a link?
@RyanWilliams2224 жыл бұрын
One day we’ll look back at this and wonder how we ever transported oranges any other way.
@TaigiTWeseFormosanDiplomat4 жыл бұрын
It actually should be why transport orange.
@mrvideocamera14 жыл бұрын
one day we'll look back at this and say orange inside you!
@drlevbot13 жыл бұрын
Mandarin
@knuckle123563 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite comment, bar none.
@yorley1jqkqbqnabqbavroa6533 жыл бұрын
E
@thudthud54232 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing the superconductor was re-cooled a few times during this demonstration. That's the downside to superconductors - they need to be kept cold or the superconductivity goes away. IF they could come up with a room temperature superconductor made of inexpensive and commonly found materials, all our lives would become different. Power sources, electronics, communication, transportation and more would all change drastically.
@Sim.Salabim2 жыл бұрын
There is a room where the temperature is always VERY low. And the good thing: it's EVERYWHERE all around the Earth :)
@maik46382 жыл бұрын
cool it in space gg ez
@Cokk9ine2 жыл бұрын
@@Sim.Salabim what does this mean
@littlelexibaby2 жыл бұрын
@@Sim.Salabim he said make the superconductor room temperature not find a room cool enough smh
@AnimatedStoriesWorldwide2 жыл бұрын
@@littlelexibaby ah idiots.... They don't understand, reply, and still shakes their head at the end....
@izs69464 жыл бұрын
I can hear it already "This is the LockPickingLawyer and today what I have for you is a Quantum Lock."
@vinny38074 жыл бұрын
B R U H
@BlackSquireInAWhiteSarkil4 жыл бұрын
Nothing on 2, a Nice click on no. 3
@vmodsm3 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen so many videos lately were the comments are talking about the LPL
@knuckle123563 жыл бұрын
Biggest difficulty is picking the cooper core, meters away from lock itself...
@satisfiedskullservant3 жыл бұрын
"Click out of 1, 2 is binding"
@gregorykaeuper7887 Жыл бұрын
For hundreds, if not thousands, of years, we’ve wondered if it’d ever be possible to one day float toast around in circles. That day has come.
@samlowther94874 жыл бұрын
5:06 Everybody gangsta till the bread starts walking.
@tymo9884 жыл бұрын
Sam Lowther xD
@sovahc4 жыл бұрын
then talking
@Pairyheniso74 жыл бұрын
Hehe
@christiangiaccio77084 жыл бұрын
Jah making a sandwich
@_FrozenPotato_4 жыл бұрын
TF2 flashbacks
@filescout2664 жыл бұрын
It gets to a point where science and magic are just indistinguishable.
@akeem47724 жыл бұрын
This is similar to how the natzis developed flying saucers
@murdermuseum82804 жыл бұрын
A lot of Magic tricks are just science tricks.
@akeem47724 жыл бұрын
@@murdermuseum8280 Magic is science. Science is magic. The only difference depends on what you know
@filescout2664 жыл бұрын
@@akeem4772 Sounds pretty much like something M'aiq the liar would say...
@akeem47724 жыл бұрын
@@filescout266 Well im sure if M'aiq saw a Samsung galaxy A10 he' call that magic.
@dimitrislelekis69433 жыл бұрын
Well, for a no quantum background and a high-school physics background I grasped the basic idea of it but honestly the best part of the video is you laughing at the experiment. I was laughing too and this is what's needed in education. A magic show that can actually be explained through the laws of cosmos. Thanks for the video.
@alecburris42252 жыл бұрын
Him laughing at the floating sandwich made it 100x better
@dermotmccorkell6632 жыл бұрын
Splendidly put.
@gabriellaarango91002 жыл бұрын
I agree !!!!! Learning had to be fun !! When we are relaxed , we open our mind , absorbe, process and learn 😊
@paulkociara59922 жыл бұрын
The Illuminati the largest government in the world has been suppressing free energy technologies since Tesla's death . They love how dumbed-down people are. I'm paying $5.75 a gallon of gas.
@M60gunner19712 жыл бұрын
@@alecburris4225 dude I can see the springs!
@douggale59622 жыл бұрын
This is really showing how cool magnetic fields are, more than how cool superconductors are. The way they all sum together in that circle, and couple into one big field with a smooth shape.
@Kvothe_The_Bloodless Жыл бұрын
Pun intended
@myp0h Жыл бұрын
Can this be used to generate energy for ever?
@douggale5962 Жыл бұрын
@@myp0h Superconductors eliminate resistance losses, but the cooling required adds tons of losses, so you won't get anywhere that way.
@japhalpha Жыл бұрын
@@douggale5962hopefully LK-99 works out
@captainmagma10774 жыл бұрын
2000: air hockey 2020: quantum locking hockey
@jasongriesa14504 жыл бұрын
Captain Magma HA! I knew someone would come up with a practical use for this. Well played Cap’n Magma
@suursuits76374 жыл бұрын
Extremely low friction Gonna need a big board for all that speed
@MorganSaph4 жыл бұрын
2030: Quantum locking hoverboard arena
@santiagocv99184 жыл бұрын
XD
@beaubeaukitty53014 жыл бұрын
Huhm next they need a Cost projection for converting a Hockey rink into a neodymium magnet inlaid surface. To then later in game add a nitrogen dipped magnetic puck
@carinhall45084 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the Lockpicking Lawyer could still pick this
@jackelectric70754 жыл бұрын
Carin Hall LMAO NICE ONE
@Jped2774 жыл бұрын
Lol clever clever. I bet he could to.
@3nertia4 жыл бұрын
Probably just by breathing on it and warming it up lol
@mrmustard-mp6ij4 жыл бұрын
"Let's use the superconducting lockpick that Bosnian Bill and I made..."
@MaxEM104 жыл бұрын
Dang that was a good one
@Jpoke17253 жыл бұрын
This morning I woke up early and started watching UFC highlights and somehow....I’m here.
@koolkiddkp3 жыл бұрын
SAAAAME!
@nalaridave3 жыл бұрын
Sammeeeeee
@jacelawson16363 жыл бұрын
Samee 😂
@vizwrapsociety48543 жыл бұрын
declass bro
@mrglock22-3 жыл бұрын
😂
@Incepter. Жыл бұрын
Quantum Locking really is a fascinating thing to see in person, truly amazing The Action Lab.
@derrickmcadoo3804 Жыл бұрын
So the shift to using the cool term, 'Quantum', also describes the *Basics of magnets? I'm confused. What is 'Quantum' here? Seems pretty straight forward as far as magnets go.
@chriszani3698 Жыл бұрын
@@derrickmcadoo3804 magnets cant make something stay in place like that though
@adamstar7516 Жыл бұрын
Just think of all the things out there that no one’s discovered yet. I’m a firm. Eli ever that social media is killing thinking and discovery. Who knows his many more things we could have discovered if it weren’t for kids spending their whole lives like mindless zombies stuck to screens playing Tik Tok.
@calewong58044 жыл бұрын
1965: in the future we will have flying cars 2020: look at this flying bread
@giacomomeluzzi2804 жыл бұрын
close enough
@goneflying1404 жыл бұрын
That was a great comment. I do want my damn flying car too by the way.
@aladinfire70414 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@alejandroromero25134 жыл бұрын
And the award for “comment of the century” goes to........ Cale Wong
@BlueBunny534 жыл бұрын
At least I understood the flying cars......
@emorcen2 жыл бұрын
I understand none of these things and explanations but am very very glad people like you do, and are passionate about it. Our lives are only as good as they are because of curious science-driven individuals like this.
@mrskwrl2 жыл бұрын
Seriously. He tried explaining it, but.. I still don't get it.
@winstonsmiths24492 жыл бұрын
Lives are not made better by science, it is made easier! The day science figures out how to make the natural world safe, then give them kudos on that.
@Dr.TJ_Eckleburg2 жыл бұрын
Our lives are also only as good as they are because of farmers and plumbers and construction workers. Let's have some perspective here.
@gumplebumpproductions2 жыл бұрын
Very grateful for the minds and backs of all who bear the burdens of the worlds intricacies.
@theorderlyman80422 жыл бұрын
Your lives are good?
@Benjogeejessejacket3 жыл бұрын
Is nobody gonna mention how he said "they don't even need to be very close to each other. They can be hundreds of NANOMETERS away from each other." I guess everything is relative :D
@CptCloseCall3 жыл бұрын
Picometers is close. Nano, not so much 🤣🤣🤣 micro is huge.... my brain hurts now
@zeropopular74143 жыл бұрын
Nano meters are not very big relatively speaking lol
3 жыл бұрын
I caught this. And yes, it is all relative. While watching, I was vaguely thinking about how this worked at the much larger scale of the quantum locking demonstrated in the video. That wasn't just a few nanometers. The effect on the whole object was happening at several centimeters, to be sure. I didn't really quite grasp how the electron couplets related to the effect at such distance. Maybe I just didn't get where each electron of the couplet "lived". Surely one is not in the magnet and the other in the superconductor. There is certainly more to be "grokked" here...
@ĦDツ亗3 жыл бұрын
@@CptCloseCall heh kill me
@VishalAgrawala3 жыл бұрын
@ the two electrons are in the superconductor. The pair thing only happens to get the electrons in a lower quantum state so they require a specific energy to get scattered on bumping into anything(nothing less). Now because the temp is low the atoms don't have that specific energy to scatter so the electron pair keeps moving
@roberttai646 Жыл бұрын
Seriously good job of communicating science! From a former physics grad student at UIUC, BCS Theory is no easy task to understand.
@shellydas14164 жыл бұрын
As a person wanting to become a quantum physicist this is an excellent demonstration of quantum locking!! Also rotating bread
@SteampunkSavage4 жыл бұрын
Shelly Das lol perfect representation of how science people can’t grammar
@chadpatrick67954 жыл бұрын
Imagine cooking floating bread that never burns on the bottom 😈
@shellydas14164 жыл бұрын
@@SteampunkSavage use*
@shellydas14164 жыл бұрын
@@SteampunkSavage and I think they can but you know u don't have to excell in english to be a scientist I mean tho it is crucial it does not get much emphasis by those who undertake science so.
@shellydas14164 жыл бұрын
@@chadpatrick6795 woah woah woah hold on m8!
@Phychologik4 жыл бұрын
1980: in 2020 we’ll have flying cars 2020: ROTATING BREAD
@michaelpascual62614 жыл бұрын
Musicman928 This is the future of sushi conveyor belts
@zeus444444 жыл бұрын
We can make cars fly with it.
@varunmanjunath91234 жыл бұрын
You meant: REVOLVING BREAD
@toanly13374 жыл бұрын
we do have flying cars they're called airplanes just fyi
@БРАТ-р8к4 жыл бұрын
@@varunmanjunath9123 you meant: *DRIFTING BREAD*
@MoppinPolly33 Жыл бұрын
Well you did do a great job at breaking it down to a level most people can at least get a grip on. Love when people understand something so well that they can explain it in laymen’s terms
@morphman863 жыл бұрын
I first saw this effect demonstrated at Chalmers Technical in Gothenburg when I was 18, back in 2004. I was researching magnetic levitation for a school project. They also demonstrated a "magnetic cannon" using magnets and iron ball bearings, but the quantum-locked superconductor definitely stole the show. The year after, they demonstrated the world's first industrial water jet cutter, which was developed at that lab, by cutting an anvil in half. I enjoyed science before, but after that, I was truly hooked.
@randomsforyou24724 жыл бұрын
I imagined the future vehicles to that quantum lock
@gabor62594 жыл бұрын
A vehicle like this would be very expensive, let alone a whole road.
@effannz88584 жыл бұрын
same with me
@Grizzlox4 жыл бұрын
@@gabor6259 Yes it would be more likely that small components in vehicles and machines would use this technology to reduce friction. So instead of flying cars, we're looking at 100 mpg
@k1ry4n4 жыл бұрын
Maglev trains are a reality since the 70s guys...
@PokemonTenLV4 жыл бұрын
the technology for bending spacetime exists, why use this corny method...
@indiepunkftw4 жыл бұрын
4:16 He has that, "I know too much about our universe to feel joy" laugh.
@ericenlow10384 жыл бұрын
Omfg right
@airfoilengine37994 жыл бұрын
Yes. It's the laugh of someone who is searching for joy and wonder, but will never find those things in floating superconductors... but he's trying.
@SustainaBIT4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@simonlachapelle3624 жыл бұрын
Do you believe in God ?
@christianhujer3462 жыл бұрын
Hey man, your experiments are so amazing. And when you're laughing about your experiments, like after putting the orange or the bread on the superconductor, I'm laughing, too. One of the best channels on KZbin. And thanks for also explaining some of the science behind it.
@hemantsharma637 Жыл бұрын
+1 The joy of learning, and wonderment 😊
@Sorrel5553 жыл бұрын
Watching this guy explain this complex topic so clearly and carefully, is admirable. Wish more teachers were like this!
@Brandonjdwright3 жыл бұрын
Guarantee if they got paid a couple thousand for this lesson, they would be just as excited and articulate.
@Scrungge3 жыл бұрын
@@Brandonjdwright nah they get paid well. A lot of them just like to act smart and arrogant
@Brandonjdwright3 жыл бұрын
@@Scrungge lol this guy. ^
@Scrungge3 жыл бұрын
@@Brandonjdwright A lot of professors don't know what they're talking about either so they just bullshit around it. I had this happen quite often in my physics classes.
@Brandonjdwright3 жыл бұрын
@@Scrungge a lot of random people on the internet think they know everything too… weird.
@rezio2934 жыл бұрын
"you guys put quantum in front of everything" -Scott Lang.
@Keylight4 жыл бұрын
they do it just to make it sound cool
@potahtochip4 жыл бұрын
Get a load of this guy
@i_sulfat4 жыл бұрын
Dave Smith how is this relevant?
@Thor_the_Doge4 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5Cae56AeZiEb6M
@mageminx75514 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Vaibhav-ku9xn2 жыл бұрын
I wish our school teachers were as enthusiastic as this man is about teaching.
@stevengordon32712 жыл бұрын
This man is not burdened with baby-sitting (and not failing) uninterested students, keeping up with an externally imposed curriculum that gets new topics added every year without eliminating any old topics, or being evaluated by student performance on multiple choice tests incapable of testing if the students actually understand anything they are being required to parrot.
@billyumbraskey81352 жыл бұрын
The beauty of not being a government drone.
@louiselincoln2 жыл бұрын
@Vaibhav @Steven Gordon Absolutely agree with you both. It's taking me ages to catch up with physics. I was also told that, 'as a girl', I would never need maths or sciences. Turns out, as a teacher, I really bl**dy did!!! 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ So @billyum braskey, I also agree with you. I'm no Mary Poppins, although I try to be!!! Umbrella is broken, bag is nicked, think I've lost my hat and probably also my marbles!!! 😂
@SeerWS2 жыл бұрын
They absolutely would be if they made $500k+ a year. Go easy on em.
@jackbusiness78792 жыл бұрын
Take physics!
@BasilFawlty64 Жыл бұрын
I hear Feynman, Susskind and Carroll in you - and that is a lot of joy. Jiggling. You know your craft and you love sharing. Many thanks =)
@djrob044 жыл бұрын
2019: levitating mattress 2020: levitating bread this world gets better and better
@macle50074 жыл бұрын
lol
@kragleh4 жыл бұрын
2021 scientist finds out that earth floats...
@yinyang12174 жыл бұрын
2022: the universe is floating
@verysmalldog89964 жыл бұрын
Floating Florida
@Gribbo99994 жыл бұрын
Year 1120 levitating magic carpet. Abracadabra
@MannyBrum3 жыл бұрын
This experiment demonstrates what it's like to be a cat amazed by a ball in a ring toy.
@xbfotos4 жыл бұрын
19xx: pour some coal, the locomotive is slowing down 2020: levitating bread 2050: pour nitrogen, the train is about to hit the ground
@leomomoeda104 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing as the future but we will need to find lots or resources for supercondutors
@hr11004 жыл бұрын
Maglev trains already float above ground without the use of superconductors. That is why they can casually reach and keep 500km/h. They are awesome.
@raynic11734 жыл бұрын
@@hr1100 but if you could do it with quantum locking and type 2 supers then you wouldn't need constant input of electricity.
@BiBi-bq8sl4 жыл бұрын
OMG U READ MY MIND!!!!! I SWEAR TO GOD!!!!!
@salemnights82364 жыл бұрын
@@hr1100 it's when they start travelling at 2000 km/hr that these things will start to matter.
@paranormallistener1950 Жыл бұрын
He knows his stuff well. Good explanation. Fascinating.
@StoneTheCr0w Жыл бұрын
Yeah you're not qualified to play gatekeeper on who is or isn't. Stay silent and humble
@Frog89mad4 жыл бұрын
i like when the electrons get too cold they just wanna stay together
@user-er2dk7lc8g4 жыл бұрын
thats so wholesome uwu
@rallvegd4 жыл бұрын
electrons cuddling owo
@Deeprockgalacticscout4 жыл бұрын
._.
@unnamed73984 жыл бұрын
uwu so cute!
@tamerziyacamci7524 жыл бұрын
owo they are hugging
@Kris-wv4xe4 жыл бұрын
I love when he says "It's so cool" while it is literally so cool.
@Whatsinanameanyway132 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Going into this I knew about superconductors and their behavior, but didn't understand how they actually worked. No idea how your channel hasn't come up in my feed previously but subscribed after watching this.
@Surraqael2 жыл бұрын
I love all of your videos. You do such a good job of breaking down super complicated concepts for easy digestion. I hope your videos survive an apocalypse so the future can learn the "old ways".
@mortalclown38122 жыл бұрын
Ha! I think about that and wonder if I'd be able to teach history. Seriously. Then the vastness of my ignorance becomes more clear than anything else and I take a nap.
@Regnilse4 жыл бұрын
This seems like a bug or exploit that a game would have, using discrete energy levels rather than continuous, or like some kind of resolution error.
@livedandletdie4 жыл бұрын
It's a perfectly reasonable feature of electromagnetism.
@kirkc96434 жыл бұрын
It's a glitch in the matrix
@kyucumbear4 жыл бұрын
pack it up boys. we bamboozled the game.
@smackastan56974 жыл бұрын
The Major We still don’t understand the why the quantum mechanics of it happen.
@lemongavine4 жыл бұрын
Action Lab guy: “okay, today we’re going to do the coolest experiment ever” Everyone: “YEP!”
@spaceisalie54514 жыл бұрын
"This is an easy experiment you can try at home....first, you'll grab your liquid nitrogen"
@trinityy-74 жыл бұрын
Then your superconductor
@abimaelkercado38314 жыл бұрын
Not a Chump yuuuuupp lol
@jaw7074 жыл бұрын
Not a Chump 😂😂😂
@scottiepatton76434 жыл бұрын
@liluglydude mines under the sink ,where do you keep yours
@MikeS-yg7bv4 жыл бұрын
hahaha
@TigburtJones Жыл бұрын
Your curious mind and deep knowingness fills me with awe and good feelings towards the nature of reality. You are a great person in my opinion for these qualities
@what_on_arth4 жыл бұрын
2010: Using superconductors we will have hoverboards by 2020. 2020: Hoverbread.
@AdricM4 жыл бұрын
i blame engrish!
@randomguy-jd8su4 жыл бұрын
XD
@mtgskunkworx16714 жыл бұрын
Wooden boards are mostly just a bunch of tangled complex carbohydrates holding some arbitrary amount of water... It therefore can be argued that, by definition, bread is a form of squishy, man-made wood, and the fact that a slice of bread is a cut section of the greater whole means that a slice of bread could be defined as a board.
@harshburnwal88564 жыл бұрын
It is not so easy as you think
@keiji15314 жыл бұрын
A hoverboard was impossible to float on the ground unless if they used some kind of air turbine that can carry human weight
@tincoeani95294 жыл бұрын
Literally every movie and tv show when trying to explain how time travel works: 7:21
@marv50784 жыл бұрын
Lmao 😂
@almscurium4 жыл бұрын
Tinco EAni Yeah maybe because time travel is in essence a theory of quantum mechanics... What else would they explain it with?
@timpackard10154 жыл бұрын
@@almscurium Ever heard of relativity?
@potahtochip4 жыл бұрын
*well it has to do with quantum mechanics*
@iloveamerica19664 жыл бұрын
@@potahtochip my VW Jetta was broken and I took it to the mechanic. But he couldn't fix it... said he was just a Quantum mechanic.
@garysimon85154 жыл бұрын
1980: In future we will use superconductors to construct space elevators 2020: Levitating bread
@lycheejuicelichigaming22634 жыл бұрын
LoL can't stop laughing
@Sprengstoff4 жыл бұрын
Hehe :) Just give it some time. It is now 117 years since the first successful flight, this maaay take a little longer still :)
@kob65204 жыл бұрын
Ok for real though we would need to cool it down a lot which wouldn't be very efficient
@Mike-my7uf4 жыл бұрын
Eh...close enough...
@goiterlanternbase4 жыл бұрын
Its a lil bit, like when Galvani fry frog legs.
@mannyrockwell2 жыл бұрын
*I’ve always been fascinated with magnets and wanted to learn more about them. I’m majoring in mechanical engineering and really hope I can learn more about quantum locking and magnetism because that’s the area I’d like to most expand on. I truly believe implementing these concepts into everyday machines - like for travel - will be revolutionary.*
@Sam-iw4uo2 жыл бұрын
If this is your interest then see if electrical engineering or physics are majors at your university that you’re attending. And these concepts can’t really be applied to everyday travel because they are not that practical or efficient on larger scales.
@timgrant87292 жыл бұрын
Great! I also love magnetism.. it basically controls everything! Hope you expand your mind and make a difference in this field.
@jujui46412 жыл бұрын
oh are you into mag lev trains
@rustykiley35772 жыл бұрын
Possible using gravity along with magnets for travel?
@bestself2438 Жыл бұрын
I have a 1982 Delorean fitted with a flux capacitor superconductor. When I hit 88 miles an hour in it the thing really flies, through space-time. Still working out a few bugs, but I’m close to perfecting it.
@peterk34744 жыл бұрын
We need to make some Star Trek episodes featuring advanced tech on these principles. Then in a generation the tech will be real.
@kittyhawk97074 жыл бұрын
Star trek universe.. Teleporters , Warp Drive, Phasers , Photon torpedoes, big assed Starships Earth 2020 ..the epitome of human knowledge.. "Floating Bread"
@Sancheech4 жыл бұрын
Quantum locking exist Gravity: *finally a worthy opponent*
@unknownuser11544 жыл бұрын
Think comment should've had so many likes that everyone in the world would need to like twice
@mrmylo12394 жыл бұрын
Now we all know how UFO’s fly
@garettspalo64054 жыл бұрын
What do you think Gravity is, a constant based on coefficients of mass?
@xxpowwowbluexx4 жыл бұрын
“Exists.”
@3g_Evolution4 жыл бұрын
Zero point energy & anti gravity. Technologies we've had for 60+ years.
@cattleprod12345 Жыл бұрын
This is awesome. Takes a lot of energy to "super-cool" your magnet. Previously, I would think this was just fun experiment but, now, coupled with the real discovery of making fission reactions a reality... Seems that the applications would be endless. Pretty neat.
@fluffycritter4 жыл бұрын
Levitating bread, or as I like to call it, ghost toast
@Jaws19show4 жыл бұрын
You win
@iolokopehst4 жыл бұрын
😂
@gnajomlp49024 жыл бұрын
ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, toast
@TheMemesofDestruction4 жыл бұрын
Lol!
@were2baby1343 жыл бұрын
I don't know what you did but my cat was absolutely fascinated by this video! He is literally sitting right on front of the TV watching the video. Even your explanation of how it works, and keeps looking back at me like "You got that?" Should I have called him Schrodinger instead of Biscuits?
@JesgateOnDown3 жыл бұрын
😁
@sasha421963 жыл бұрын
Here's an idea to keep your cat fascinated. Put the cat on top of a spinning superconductor. It's like riding a Roomba, except it never stops.
@caidyc2 жыл бұрын
Biscuits was probably evaluating this theory with mildly disguised contempt.
@PsiQss4 жыл бұрын
2:25 "So cool" Well duh! You've just taken it out of liquid nitrogen, it's supposed to be cool
@Tazdingoyahahahahaha4 жыл бұрын
PsiQss Shut....... the hellll up 😂🤣
@Pionike4 жыл бұрын
😂
@gabrielcuneta72564 жыл бұрын
Bet my relationship with my gf is way colder than that
@handblitz44084 жыл бұрын
Ba dum tsssss
@cwissant1915 Жыл бұрын
@@handblitz4408 lol your comment translates to what do you think?
@totheknee8 ай бұрын
This guy... 🤯 I have a degree in astrophysics and I swear every other Action Lab video is a completely new phenomenon I've never heard of, and is amazingly, earth-bendingly, world changingly awesome.
@gradybarnes50864 жыл бұрын
Imagine giving this thing a track, with ramps, jumps, and other stuff...
@bulldozer89504 жыл бұрын
Or as someone else said, make it go vertical....
@QuantumPhanatic4 жыл бұрын
Superconductors can't really go off the neodymium tracks, so you would have to make it go extremely fast
@frucklerbullpit4 жыл бұрын
You're talking hotwheels man..
@zaingazdhar67574 жыл бұрын
U cant actually jump, cuz it is locked...
@p0werpuppy8394 жыл бұрын
You might be able to do it if it got huge momentum, but it would be a/some magnets to pull it, similar to a roller coaster launcher. It would have to get higher in conductivity to have the right pull, I would probably use electromagnets to do it.
@Sam_on_YouTube4 жыл бұрын
"It has to come in discrete packets" is a good definition of "quantum." It is basically how Einstein described it in 1905 in his paper on the photoelectric effect, one of the first papers ever to describe a quantum mechanical system. That's what won him the Nobel Prize, not relativity.
@diffusegd4 жыл бұрын
Quantum is similar in meaning to quantity, as in order for something to be quantifiable it has to be in separate bits.
@quacktheduck36524 жыл бұрын
I say big words I am smort yes?
@manan-5434 жыл бұрын
@@quacktheduck3652 lol that's not even big words. It's pretty basic and far from complex physics terminology.
@manan-5434 жыл бұрын
That's kinda bad. General relativity is was a lot more remarkable and revolutionary than the description of photoelectric effect. Not saying photoelectric effect is bad but Einstein is remembered because of relativity in the general public and scientific community. If anyone knows why he wasn't given the Nobel prize for relativity I'd like to know.
@Sam_on_YouTube4 жыл бұрын
@@manan-543 He was kinda pissed about it. Their practice at the time was to award the prize for applied, not theoretical physics. They eventually decided the Photoelectric effect was practical enough, many years after everyone else thought he should have won. He decided not to go to Stockholm and accepted the award at a themepark in Gothenberg instead. A little petty, but kind of funny.
@gamewizardks3 жыл бұрын
We did this in the late 80's in high school. We ordered a kit from a Science supplier. The local news came out and did a story. I guess we were a bit ahead of our time. Our teacher was great.
@phillyphil15132 жыл бұрын
yup, this was being talked up in all the journals and news outlets late 80's. New York Times was giving it a lot of coverage '90-'93 so 30+ years ago.
@frankstein49317 ай бұрын
You're the digital man complimenting my analogous thinking. Heavy value.
@JH-ux1re2 жыл бұрын
I just learned a little bit about superconductors last week in my physics II class. It’s amazing how the quantum locking looks like! Thank you very much!
@mickberick85754 жыл бұрын
Fascinating . I'm an Electrician so deal with motors and fields regularly . My physics ended at high school but I get it and love it . I remember when superconductors were "new" back in the 70/80s ( yep born in 1970 ) It's glorious seeing all my favourite Arthur C Clark and Asimov Sci fi becoming factual . And I think to myself , What a wonderful world.
@mickberick85753 жыл бұрын
@S. Fahim Nabeel I'm only 50 mate . That's hilarious - " so old "!
@rtanidean49313 жыл бұрын
I’m blown away! This is illustrating a lot more possibilities than we can imagine I would guess. Unfortunately, science was not my forte, but this explanation & presentation gets me stoked. Thx for vid. You are talented and kind to share.
@javedweller4243 жыл бұрын
Yeah it wasn’t but it could be today it’s not over until we pass on and that might be a beginning in itself If u think u can u can go get this knowledge and teach it caz not many people are interested in the things that are literally reshaping our future
@yodatwinkie3 жыл бұрын
The future is now www.nbcnews.com/now/video/israel-s-former-space-security-chief-claims-aliens-exist-and-trump-knows-97361989981
@spunlines45572 жыл бұрын
this is so helpful for a writing project i'm working on. thank you!
@jeoffiancaballero63194 жыл бұрын
I can literally see the start of our sci fi future
@MaroshkosMysteries4 жыл бұрын
you're about 70 years late
@seanwatts3924 жыл бұрын
@@MaroshkosMysteries right lol
@thatnongayfurry50634 жыл бұрын
The magnetic trains (usualy in Japan) are actualy flying on superconductors and magnets that is why they can go so fast.
@tharealmikezee31654 жыл бұрын
yeah you're a little late haha that's what I was gonna say too
@ennisdelmar8074 жыл бұрын
The vision of the future will look is an illusion. You're in it without realizing it.
@aidenlikesskate21424 жыл бұрын
Him: *talks for 12 minutes about physics* Me: *thinking that he’s explaining quantum locking* Him: “now that you know how every part of physics ever works, let’s explain quantum locking”
@sisyphus68524 жыл бұрын
don't worry that's not actually quantum locking
@Photon2104 жыл бұрын
"I'm gonna rapidly cool down this super conductor by boiling it." Friend: *"Nani?"*
@sundae66104 жыл бұрын
Nah, by putting it in a boiling liquid
@Storm3l4 жыл бұрын
Yss
@superknightlol4 жыл бұрын
not all liquid boil at same temp. boiling doesnt mean hot.
@bowiemtl4 жыл бұрын
SimpleGamingPC that’s the joke
@Snooty14 жыл бұрын
三日月ブライス ¿Qué?
@terrijuanette486 Жыл бұрын
him: "It's like it's gripped onto it." me: "That's called a Tractor Beam."
@fcff75914 жыл бұрын
1970: In the future we’ll have flying cars. 2020: Flying bread!
@jamisynmyst94614 жыл бұрын
Calud E close enough
@corvideth4 жыл бұрын
And flying oranges
@ralfp88442 жыл бұрын
I love it how much fun you have during the experiments. A real enthusiast at work.
@westonmeekhof44303 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the coolest things I've ever seen!
@rojanbowl50642 жыл бұрын
Brings back my love of physics. You are a natural teacher.
@ShivaniSharma-ib2ji4 жыл бұрын
When we have to cool something:- Everyone : Freezer The Action lab : Liquid nitrogen!!!!!!!
@jackfogerty68704 жыл бұрын
Infinite Vedic Maths lmao ur not gonna cool something to -300° C by using a freezer And yes I know this was a joke:)
@screab4 жыл бұрын
Everyone liked that !!!
@NateTDOM4 жыл бұрын
Well you won’t cool anything to -300 C because thats lower than absolute zero.
@chiefqueef12564 жыл бұрын
@@xartu2973 r/didntreadthewholecomment
@bilalthefighter8294 жыл бұрын
@@chiefqueef1256 r/didnotcatchthesARcaSTiCtone
@nightmareeyes41164 жыл бұрын
“For now we need to cool this down” Me putting it in the fridge* Him: so now I’m just gonna put it in some liquid nitrogen
@ewthmatth4 жыл бұрын
@@dhruvarora2167 that was implied by the humor of the post. Didn't need to be spelled out.
@nightmareeyes41164 жыл бұрын
Matthew H thanks
@ewthmatth4 жыл бұрын
@@nightmareeyes4116 I mean, it could have been interpreted the other way (you saying he's crazy for using liquid nitrogen) But most of us knew what you meant ;)
@rockyroadmagic41524 жыл бұрын
DSVHD bruh thats the joke, are you 6 years old or something
@gammergames33224 жыл бұрын
@@dhruvarora2167 it's OK dude I know you're just trying to help
@SprDrumio644 жыл бұрын
Soldier: "I have been floating bread for the past 3 days."
@thegreatestquest83584 жыл бұрын
Nice reference.
@bloomingreyna4 жыл бұрын
@Cloud9 There's more.
@iloveamerica19664 жыл бұрын
@MagicMarker starting when, March 17, 2020?
@leomomoeda104 жыл бұрын
Not bad tf2 know guy
@leomomoeda104 жыл бұрын
Medic:ughhh *throws thing at floor*
@prothmeshg Жыл бұрын
Ty for explaining super conductivity in such a fluid 😀 way!
@RiotMcg4 жыл бұрын
The cool guy in highschool: im the coolest thing alive A type 2 conductor : hold my magnetic field
@dreadone68944 жыл бұрын
Riot Mcg Absolute Zero: Stfu. quantum mechanics... you pretty much stop time, you stop motion. Molecular motion... -460 C
@onemoremisfit3 жыл бұрын
Nobody: Will it fit in my Honda? Hold my beer Am I a joke to you? Asking for a friend Everybody gangsta End this man’s whole career He protecc, he attacc … Sexual/genitalia innuendo Scatological/potty joke Question of quantity answered yes Plot twist Left/entered the chat Gaming reference Dislikes are from I’m a simple man Not gonna lie No one gonna talk about Last time I was this early First Legend has it That’ll buff right out Fun fact (X) be like (X) intensifies (X) wants to know your location Ha ha (X) go brrrrr POV: (X) Her: I'm home alone YT algorithm counting down years Who’s watching in current year? You Tube recommendations So you've chosen death? Understandable, have a great day Punch line below read more
@haranyan54204 жыл бұрын
1980s: in the future everyone will have a hoverboard 2020: did someone say hoverbread?
@MsSlayerful4 жыл бұрын
Lol!!!
@kaledillon92064 жыл бұрын
unless there’s magnets everywhere you go i doubt it :p
@rositamegchelenbrink6914 жыл бұрын
🤣
@casht.40674 жыл бұрын
Kale Dillon well I mean we wouldn’t have a use for cars if we didn’t have roads, so there could be magnetic roads for hoverboards
@emp3r484 жыл бұрын
Hoverbread
@rhapsody40253 жыл бұрын
Imagine sitting in a "science hotel" and your cold drink is delivered to your table on a fricking SUPERCONDUCTOR
@sudarshanthehuman7723 жыл бұрын
Pog
@sarahcusack3 жыл бұрын
"fricking"
@sudarshanthehuman7723 жыл бұрын
@@sarahcusack wat
@sarahcusack3 жыл бұрын
@@sudarshanthehuman772 I think it's funny that the commenter uses the word "fricking" which sounds out of place and stupid no matter where you find it.
@sudarshanthehuman7723 жыл бұрын
@@sarahcusack ye
@Cj-vz6lu Жыл бұрын
There are some serious potential for advancements in technology using this physics application in some way im sure of it ☝️🤔
@garyhendrie4001 Жыл бұрын
Don't worry the oil companies will suppress the technology
@Cj-vz6lu Жыл бұрын
@@garyhendrie4001 noooooo! 🖕🤬🖕 god damn oil companies
@anderskjrgaard9230 Жыл бұрын
Yea trains or sum
@ZeroKyle Жыл бұрын
guns? wait no-
@inthem-a-king Жыл бұрын
@@ZeroKyle 🇺🇸 USA: Weapons! F#£% YEAAAAH!
@markAS3952 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a solar system model made with this.
@joeloliver22793 жыл бұрын
Normal physics: yes or no Quantum physics: perhaps
@hopesy12u43 жыл бұрын
For now
@lionberryofskyclan3 жыл бұрын
@@hopesy12u4 possibly
@loljay32813 жыл бұрын
@@lionberryofskyclan maybe maybe maybe
@let29363 жыл бұрын
This is actually what happen in comparison between "bit" computer which is "normal" computer and "qubit" computer which is quantum computer
@liamaincraft76143 жыл бұрын
computer should : yes or no computer : perhaps
@ceadvin37674 жыл бұрын
The word "quantum" always makes everything more complicated than it should be. Learning physics: no problem Learning quantum physics: brain overheating
@screab4 жыл бұрын
I always feel I skipped a degree or two when I try to learn quantum physics. Its like trying to understand how a place flies when you don't even know what a force is. When you understand something you often "see" its relation to other things you already know; quantum stuff its like the rules from a totally different universe.
@DenisLoubet4 жыл бұрын
Superconducting brains will allow us to avoid the overheating because there will be no resistance.
@dirtydoigler21164 жыл бұрын
@@screab stop it you're giving me flashbacks to these kinds of conversations Me: "But sir, how does this work?" Professor: "because of this" Me: "but... How though?"
@haroldkline48984 жыл бұрын
Quantum simply means tiny. Quantum physics is the study of how tiny particles like protons, neutrons, and electrons behave and interact. It only sounds complicated.
@theodiscusgaming39094 жыл бұрын
@@haroldkline4898 it is complicated though
@markgrassl444911 ай бұрын
... You can demonstrate that principle very easily by dropping a magnet through a roll of tin foil. As you drop it, it will fall way slower than normal due to the opposing magnetic field in the aluminum. From there its easy to imegine the same thing without any loss in thermic energy or heat; the magnet would just stay where it is, as the opposing magnetic field in the aluminum is perfectly equal to the magnetic force of the magnet but in the other direction. Since they cancle out perfectly the magnet can't move.
@Eza_yuta4 жыл бұрын
Everytime he says "Now watch this" Me : O_O
@XanderPerezayylmao4 жыл бұрын
Mr. Apriza Yutama underrated comment
@hussein53674 жыл бұрын
😂
@NotRiansLuke3 жыл бұрын
3:50: Finally elects to wear a glove while dealing with liquid nitrogen
@betsybarnicle80163 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I wondered about that.
@tylerdurden37223 жыл бұрын
A glove + liquid nitrogen... is not a good idea. A cold puck + glove...is a good idea. Here's a guy dipping his hand into liquid nitrogen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYO4f2Wsr7ujl5o Small amounts of Liquid nitrogen will roll off your skin harmlessly due to the Leidenfrost effect. But it will stick to clothing more easily (e.g. a glove), freeze it and then the clothing freezes your skin. It's probably safest to be completely naked when dealing with liquid nitrogen😅 (to a point).
@-oiiio-39933 жыл бұрын
Gloves are on at 02:17
@NotRiansLuke3 жыл бұрын
@@tylerdurden3722 Thanks -- this is good info.
@brandonkorker45303 жыл бұрын
@YOHOHO! Nitro Ice Cream can I ask where you ice cream shop is located? It's for a friend
@shama_k26043 жыл бұрын
Well I've searched almost every video to understand Cooper pairs and Meissner effect, but you've done an excellent job at explaining it 🤯🤩 you made it so clear and simple ! Thank you so much 💓
@josemontalvo4532 Жыл бұрын
There is something to this action. Could you pass electric into it to make it even stronger? How big can you go with this experiment? How far can you get away from the magnets, if it’s even stronger? There’s a lot more questions to this awesome and groundbreaking experiment. How far are we away from using the Earth itself as a magnet? This changes a great many things.
@Oneiroclast Жыл бұрын
This principle is used in modern high-speed trains, and it's highly effective. They can safely exceed 300mph, about 2/3 the speed of a plane.
@Cocosrs4 жыл бұрын
Gravity: nothing can oppose my force. Quantum locking: hold my liquid nitrogen.
@nigerianking58704 жыл бұрын
Actually gravity is one of the weakest natural forces
@shanuchakravartty4 жыл бұрын
@@nigerianking5870 umm nope. Exactly the opposite, infact. Black holes, stars, almost the whole universe itself exists the way we know it due to gravity.
@nigerianking58704 жыл бұрын
@@shanuchakravartty no it's only strong in the astronomical scale because it has a long range
@nigerianking58704 жыл бұрын
If u want more proof try searching it up
@nigerianking58704 жыл бұрын
@@shanuchakravartty search it up I am certain gravity is the weakest or the 2nd weakest
@aelobalthrop14134 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a plan for high speed rails.
@yougot69supermonkeyb214 жыл бұрын
Make sure you have a liquid nitrogen generator
@taonggrasa77604 жыл бұрын
there is train called Maglev train in Japan. try to research
@Chizzy9414 жыл бұрын
@@yougot69supermonkeyb21 not difficult, it's just air. Liquid nitrogen is about the price of milk. Besides, if you insulate it well enough you wouldn't have to produce much at all. Although for a train you'd probably have to use liquid helium, which is much more expensive , though you could still insulate it to mean your losses are essentially nil.
@mrs.britton Жыл бұрын
Not sure how this showed up on my feed but I'm loving this channel! I feel like I'm learning! I got lost at the word "quantum" (my mind went straight to Ant-Man), but I'M LEARNING!! Give me a few more videos, and I'll catch up. Lol
@Shoville4 жыл бұрын
The orange looks like its riding a minecart lol
@falcongamer584 жыл бұрын
Gotta get them ores
@johnnyfavorite11944 жыл бұрын
But can I make a Hoverboard for my Hamster?
@TheActionLab4 жыл бұрын
I really wanted to put an animal on it...maybe in a future video:)
@mo-s-4 жыл бұрын
@@TheActionLab but with a protection, because of the coldness
@inflammatorycommentswithno24074 жыл бұрын
Monsai Bodonsai nah who gives a shit. Put a lab rat on it and you’re good to go
@halberheld62014 жыл бұрын
@@inflammatorycommentswithno2407 Oh someones edgy
@samuelwiley87364 жыл бұрын
The Action Lab wouldn’t that freeze the hamsters feet or would you create like a little boat type thing
@Mgkayoutube4 жыл бұрын
u should have attached toy car (at an angle) on the superconductor so it would look like it was drifting (not to mention the smoky effect)
@Dairy_Corp4 жыл бұрын
You know, I like your thinking good sir.
@nicolasribeiro79144 жыл бұрын
Sick *hears eurobeat in the distance*
@J8den4 жыл бұрын
this are how things are made you have a guy with brains and then you need a guy with the Creativity
@jaycalli404 жыл бұрын
Deja ‘vu
@joeloliver22793 жыл бұрын
@@J8den and then you have the guy who doesn’t know what’s going on but still puts his name on it
@tuxedoduck4242 Жыл бұрын
I have watched 3 of this guys videos and he sounds like a genius
@glasshalf3839 Жыл бұрын
Keep your day job and watching videos. Don't bother to learn or you will not watch so many videos that provide a lot of nothing to you.
@MinecraftGod69420 Жыл бұрын
@@glasshalf3839 are you ok?
@glasshalf3839 Жыл бұрын
@@MinecraftGod69420 Nope, I look around at all of these time-wasters playing video games and watching YT all day. Send help!
@aaryo_dhravidan4 жыл бұрын
Everyone back then :We'll have hover boards in the future! Future : hover"bread".
@takemo_4 жыл бұрын
Lol!!
@klauspendolo13934 жыл бұрын
AARYO-DHRAVIDAN yeah ... return to the future would have look alot less cool if Marty McFly would have taken that skating trip on a flying baguette
@pianoguy93004 жыл бұрын
I. Am. Bread.
@aaryo_dhravidan4 жыл бұрын
@@klauspendolo1393 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂dude...
@rampagingweasel42764 жыл бұрын
Dennis - “What is your hobby ?” Charlie - “Magnets”
@callaway864 жыл бұрын
What like making magnets, collecting magnets? Playing with magnets?
@matttakahashi82834 жыл бұрын
callaway86 just magnets
@yungdreamer1004 жыл бұрын
HahHHh great
@klauspendolo13934 жыл бұрын
Charlie: “and yours?” Dennis: “Meg’s tits”
@seth11304 жыл бұрын
This would be a cool party trick if anyone had any spare liquid nitrogen laying around
@just_a_rock4 жыл бұрын
"I will pour this liquid Nitrogen over myself & become superconductive, now watch!"
@MsSlayerful4 жыл бұрын
And an extra super conductor in their junk drawer lol
@whoiamforu79454 жыл бұрын
Nah i just use my last 20oz to cool down this protons and neutrons so i can watch them collide to see that spectrum of light
@aa23394 жыл бұрын
There are actually youtube videos out there on how to make some.
@user-hg4iv4jh2l4 жыл бұрын
@@aa2339 Yes that's true
@samking41792 жыл бұрын
55 years old and this blew my mind. Thanks for making such a cool and informative video. Totally "cool." (pun intended)
@azhakabad42294 жыл бұрын
Really man you have blown my mind. Super science. This is nothing but science.
@ethanmoon39254 жыл бұрын
Does this look like magic to you? It's actually science. Let me explain the science: It's magic.
@thereprehensible4354 жыл бұрын
The science is: Super conductors conduct almost perfectly, with near- or absolute-zero. The superconductivity allows a current to pass through it with no resistance... And ALSO allows the magnetic field of these strong magnets to penetrate them in much the same manner. They neither attract nor repel, but became caught on the magnetic field. It's a very cool phenomenon.
@HansenSWE4 жыл бұрын
@@thereprehensible435 Ha! "Cool" phenomenon.
@staninjapan074 жыл бұрын
Clarke's three laws From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated three adages that are known as Clarke's three laws. 1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. 2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. 3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.