Scientists working on magnetic levitation have created a platform more sensitive than the best atomic sensors.
Researchers may have unlocked the potential for gravity-free technology. A new study published in Applied Physics Letters highlights how researchers have made huge breakthroughs in magnetic levitation, the use of magnets to cause items to levitate in air for extended amounts of time. This is also the most common form, and the researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology are working to create a system that lets graphite levitate over magnets without any outside power sources.
This would essentially create a 'frictionless' platform, which could have many new applications. But there are a few things they need to overcome first. Most notable is the limiting factor of 'eddy dampening,' which happens whenever an oscillating system loses energy over time because of external forces. Even if the scientists can decrease the eddy dampening, they still have to minimize kinetic energy in the magnetic levitating platform.
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