[Noisebridge-discuss] Active magnetic levitation

[Jonathan Foote]

Don't forget diamagnetism (negative magnetic moments not subject to
Earnshaw's theorem).

Mike Kan had a little static levitation demo (using pyrolitic
graphite?) at the old space: ask him about it, it's super-cool.



On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:07 PM, David Kelso <david at kelso.id.au> wrote:
> I'm trying to levitate some small objects.
> I know you can't have stable equilibrium with permanent magnets, but
> is there a way to do it with microcontroller controlled
> electromagnets?
> This is an area I have no experience in - just had some ideas for a
> project and wanted to see what was possible. Any experiences / reading
> material would be highly appreciated.
>
> david
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