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Old 03-06-2021, 12:54 AM   #66 (permalink)
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9:34 Lateral waves!

This is from three days ago:



This is a nano-structured material that I think could hot-rod those interstellar light sails. But what I found interesting is at 1:50.

If they can levitate mice with diamagnetic levitation, they would need a magnetic field similar to being in an MRI machine. So it's good that that is benign.

But it also means that if your space ship has a magnetic floor and ceiling you could be reverse-levitated down to the floor at one G. Thus Artificial Gravity.
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