A rubber horse riding a levitating pyrolytic carbon plate

JUN 05 2010

A rubber horse riding a levitating pyrolytic carbon plate

A toy rubber horse standing on a plate of pyrolytic carbon that is itself floating over a magnet checkerboard. It shows that the levitation carries real payload, and it is the kind of playful demonstration that runs in a direct line from Geim's frog. 2832x2128.

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