SKATE VOADOR | Nerdologia

In this Nerdologia, you will see how close humanity is to creating something like the Hover Board, the flying skateboard from Back to the Future 2! It's not a joke! Presentation and script: Átila Iamarino -   / oatila   Editing and art: Rodrigo Tucano -   / rodrigotucano   Support: Caio Gomes -   / caiocgomes   GET TO KNOW NERDSTORE http://www.nerdstore.com.br MATERIAL USED: Darpa's YT channel: http://bit.ly/1hP6zAE Gravity is a curvature of spandex fabric: http://bit.ly/P7QkSq 2000 ping-pong balls on the vomit comet: http://bit.ly/Rrfpdc Electromagnet: http://bit.ly/1h6Bhzd Video of the bullet train: http://bit.ly/1hY4PPA French TGV that went over 570 km/h and the track is smooth: http://bit.ly/1j6cnkp Chinese MagLev at 431 km/h: http://bit.ly/1qOmMr0 German MagLev hugging the track: http://bit.ly/1jMXeI1 Levitron: http://bit.ly/1lbhz9f Drag chain in paramagnetic material: http://bit.ly/1tdQ7gO Superconducting material: http://bit.ly/1nsefIc Superconductors levitate even upside down: http://bit.ly/1eD4erD Superconducting skateboard: http://bit.ly/QgpicK Video from the Pontociência channel with electric levitation: http://bit.ly/Rrg8uH Video from SciShow about the Hoverboard: http://bit.ly/1tdR74l Eschede accident, caused by a damaged wheel: http://bit.ly/1eN2yfN Electrodynamic suspension, where the train is repelled by the track: http://bit.ly/1eN2zQX Article describing the magnetic drag effect [pdf]: http://bit.ly/1tdRfAQ Corona discharges: http://bit.ly/1tdRk7L How to make an ionocraft (in English): http://bit.ly/1qOo4Cg And comments in Portuguese [pdf]: http://bit.ly/1lbitCG SOURCES: Masuyama, Kento, and Steven R. H. Barrett. "On the performance of electrohydrodynamic propulsion." Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Science 469, no. 2154 (2013): 20120623. [pdf] http://bit.ly/1gL4xzH Thompson, Marc T., and Richard D. Thornton. "Flux-canceling electrodynamic maglev suspension. II. Test results and scaling laws." Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on 35, no. 3 (1999): 1964-1975. [pdf] http://bit.ly/1tdRfAQ Study of the Japanese Electrodynamic suspension system: http://1.usa.gov/1gL4HHd FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook http://www.fb.com/CanalNerdologia G+: http://bit.ly/1hNOvpD Twitter:   / canalnerdologia   Instagram:   / nerdologia