SMOT

[Light]

It's made exactly the same way, but this is not a point. We can make the ball run, but we can not make it run to higher level. The point is, when levels are the same the ball can't roll away from the ramp, not enough power to overcome the field. When it fall far enough from field, yes it can roll...but level is to low to let him get back to ramp.
But like  gn0stik  said "who knows", needda more practice...

[omnicognic]

Ok,
I'm kinda new to this so forgive me if I sound a bit backward...
I know this has been hashed over quite a bit and I plan on trying out a few ideas (which I will share, of course) in the meantime, I have a question. How about using stronger magnets and steeper ramps?

P.S. I found a site that carries some interesting items including awesome magnets:
http://www.unitednuclear.com/supplies.htm

[schriss]

Fine, then can you move what I added, halfway down? So the ball WILL drop, but not on the ground, but on the curved surface that will make it start rolling? What's the problem here, are the magnets on top still holding the ball?

Nevermind the above, just saw the latest movie and the ball rolls away can't it just roll into another smot?

[lancaIV]

US1859764 "magnetic device",Bougon
Linear movement to rotative movement !
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[gn0stik]

Fine, then can you move what I added, halfway down? So the ball WILL drop, but not on the ground, but on the curved surface that will make it start rolling? What's the problem here, are the magnets on top still holding the ball?

Nevermind the above, just saw the latest movie and the ball rolls away can't it just roll into another smot?

Yes it can, in fact J.L. Naudin did that in one of his experiments called "SMOT 2.0". However the second smot had a lower starting point than the first one, and the final height was even lower than the second one. Basically what you've got here is a slinky, which also can be seen to be self motive, but you've never seen one going up the stairs have you?