Levitation Device: Is it Real or Fake?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the legitimacy of a claimed levitation device demonstrated in a video. Participants explore the mechanisms proposed in the video, including the role of electromagnetic waves and materials involved, while questioning the authenticity of the claims made.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses skepticism about the levitation device's legitimacy, questioning whether the phone's electromagnetic waves could interact with the aluminum materials used.
  • Another participant suggests that the demonstration may involve hidden tricks, such as the use of nylon thread and a collaborator off-camera.
  • A different participant introduces the concept of the Hutchison effect, expressing doubt about its authenticity and seeking simple experimental approaches that could be conducted without extensive resources.
  • Concerns are raised about the use of a non-magnetic dime in the demonstration, questioning how an opposing magnetic field could be induced without a magnetic object.
  • One participant humorously references a past experience with a trick involving a beer glass, drawing a parallel to the potential deception in the levitation demonstration.
  • A comment highlights the outdated nature of mobile phones with external antennas, implying that the technology referenced may not be current.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally express skepticism about the levitation device's claims, but there is no consensus on the specific mechanisms or the validity of the Hutchison effect. Multiple competing views and uncertainties remain regarding the nature of the demonstration.

Contextual Notes

Participants note the potential for trickery in the demonstration and the need for further investigation into the materials and methods used. There is an acknowledgment of the limitations of the proposed experiments and the reliance on specific technological assumptions.

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Hello All,

I stumbled across this video:

http://shizzville.com/make-your-own-levitation-device

In which someone claims to make a fully functional levitation device.
I tried it with a slightly newer phone and, (as expected) I couldn't replicate it.

Although this is probably a fake, is there any legitimacy to it?
From a little research, I understand that CDs have an aluminum coating and the soda can is obviously aluminum. Does the phone theoretically make the battery "think" it is being used in a system via the electromagnetic waves it emits? But then how would the soda can work?

Or is this all nonsense since it's completely phony?

I just had to ask. :smile:

Any and all help/feedback is much appreciated in advance.

Thanks!
 
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I think he missed out the step where you need 2 lengths of nylon thread and a friend standign out of shot.
 
Hey I was just about to start a new thread asking about this so called "hutchison effect".
It seems like a big fraud to me but has anyone done any simple experiments relating to this at all? By that I mean ones that your average Physics student can do without NASA or something of that sort backing them.

I remember seeing some kind of suposed aluminum foil covered gliders. They were only about the size of a human hand but still. Any infromation on Huchison effect or propoltion or material munipulation using electricity would be apprishiated.

Oh yeah I already know about Magnetic shape memory metal if you have not heared of this you should check it out. VERY COOL
 
After watching the video I could find any number of reasons for the trickery but a dime is used on the playing card. Since a dime is not magnetic how is the opposing magnetic field induced? This is also assuming that the phone is in transmit mode. I admit I have been fooled many times but if he had used a steel 1943 penny instead of a dime I may have believed it.

One time many years ago in a bar in National City, California, a fellow shipmate would eat a beer glass for money. We were all amazed by this feat and assumed he would suffer intolerable body damage. Later on I found out he was in cahoots with the bartender and the glass was made of sugar.
 
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Who has a mobile phone with an external aerial?

It's 2007, not 1987.
 

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