I recently realized, that the following levitating-sculpture( which I remember reading seems to actually date back something like 20 years ),
https://en.paperblog.com/tom-shannon-s-hover-and-visionary-sculpture-278120/
https://m5.paperblog.com/i/27/278120/tom-shannons-hover-and-visionary-sculpture-L-vgqI4H.jpeg
'may'( I don't know ), actually function identically to the well known 'Inverter Magnet' :
https://www.gyroscope.com/d.asp?product=INVERTERMAGNET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DJAyiEvRys
Turn the sculpture onto it's side, and you'll realize that it 'may'( I don't know ) function identically to the 'Inverter Magnet' .
I don't actually know if there's a setup of separate magnets inside the sculpture, however, I am almost sure the sculpture uses a thread ( tether ), which is exactly what the 'Inverter Magnet' would require to achieve that effect if it was turned on it's side
( obviously it may be difficult for some to make a visual comparison, since the sculpture has very different looking external shapes )
The artist also made more recent ones, but I don't know if they still use the tether
http://www.specialstructures.net/site/assets/files/1037/ppp-rocks-enhanced-1.801x0.jpg
Quote from: postingsite on February 17, 2018, 09:20:04 PM
I recently realized, that the following levitating-sculpture( which I remember reading seems to actually date back something like 20 years ),
https://en.paperblog.com/tom-shannon-s-hover-and-visionary-sculpture-278120/
https://m5.paperblog.com/i/27/278120/tom-shannons-hover-and-visionary-sculpture-L-vgqI4H.jpeg
'may'( I don't know ), actually function identically to the well known 'Inverter Magnet' :
https://www.gyroscope.com/d.asp?product=INVERTERMAGNET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DJAyiEvRys
I should have included in my previous post 20-minutes ago, that that particular sculpture could actually float above a flat, or spherical magnetic surface, without using any tether at all, by using 3 or 4 magnets to repel it away from the magnetic surface, and then use a central magnet inside of the sculpture to anchor it to the magnetic surface .
( that may be how his latest sculptures functions )
No
That is not the magnetic tractor beam.
It is simply two magnets in repulsion, inside the metal.
What holds it in place, is a piece of fishing line
you can't see unless you get up close.
on the left side
That is what keeps it from flying off out of the field.