Quantum Locking Will Blow Your Mind—How Does it Work?

A few times in the video at around the 14 min mark I say semiconductor...I meant superconductor. Sorry:)

"You wont even need a physics background to understand this" "Now this here is a type 2 superconductor"

2000: air hockey 2020: quantum locking hockey

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.

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

I hope I live to see the day that this technology is used to create a theoretically perfect air hockey table.

I can hear it already "This is the LockPickingLawyer and today what I have for you is a Quantum Lock."

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.

Quantum Locking really is a fascinating thing to see in person, truly amazing The Action Lab.

1965: in the future we will have flying cars 2020: look at this flying bread

One day we’ll look back at this and wonder how we ever transported oranges any other way.

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

this is so helpful for a writing project i'm working on. thank you!

19xx: pour some coal, the locomotive is slowing down 2020: levitating bread 2050: pour nitrogen, the train is about to hit the ground

5:06 Everybody gangsta till the bread starts walking.

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing and explaining the theory behind it.

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 YouTube. And thanks for also explaining some of the science behind it.

This experiment demonstrates what it's like to be a cat amazed by a ball in a ring toy.

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.

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