What's this?

[lwh]

Hey all.

This is funny. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3hrA2GG6PI

How do you reckon it's done?  Is it some kind of magnetic set up?

Les.

[CLaNZeR]

A magnet above where the camera cannot see held by hand would easly give you the effect.

Put it on a piece of Plexiglass and zoom out and I would be impressed LOL

Regards

Sean.

[lwh]

Ahh yes, I see.  That would explain why the guy's up on the table, why he grabs the piece with his left hand at the end and why the camera zooms in when it does.  Thanks for that explanation Clanzer, you're one in a millio...hundred.

Les.

[Dingus Mungus]

A magnet above where the camera cannot see held by hand would easly give you the effect.

Put it on a piece of Plexiglass and zoom out and I would be impressed LOL

Regards

Sean.

I'm not too sure your assesment is any better then the person who posted the video on your tube. Its probably not alien, and its definitely not done with a permanent magnet in the guys hand. I would assume its a coil assembly under the table, but I'm not nearly as sure about that as I am sure it was not done with a hand held magnet of some sort. The way I would try to achieve the same effects would be to have four EM coils mounted in a square formation under the table, and then just fire them one by one as fast as possible in a circular pattern.

[lwh]

I'm not too sure your assesment is any better then the person who posted the video on your tube. Its probably not alien, and its definitely not done with a permanent magnet in the guys hand. I would assume its a coil assembly under the table, but I'm not nearly as sure about that as I am sure it was not done with a hand held magnet of some sort. The way I would try to achieve the same effects would be to have four EM coils mounted in a square formation under the table, and then just fire them one by one as fast as possible in a circular pattern.

Mmm. Okay, so you don't think it's something like what's shown about 6 mins into this video?

http://http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6530165466308380947

Which looks like the sort of thing Clanzer is describing.  I thought that was a good explanation, although it does still leave me wondering how the object lifted up.

I'd try to contact the guy who posted it on youtube and ask him about it, but I'm a bit wary.  It looks like the clip originated elsewhere and he's just appropriated it for his own purposes. 

The video looks and sounds like it was shot in a school somewhere in England.  Does anyone know anything more about it?

Les.