Quantum Locking Will Blow Your Mind—How Does it Work?

A few times in the video at around the 14 min mark I say semiconductor...I meant superconductor. Sorry:)

"You wont even need a physics background to understand this" "Now this here is a type 2 superconductor"

1965: in the future we will have flying cars 2020: look at this flying bread

For hundreds, if not thousands, of years, we’ve wondered if it’d ever be possible to one day float toast around in circles. That day has come.

I spent the better part of my childhood attempting to make magnetic levitation . and the closest I got was 2 neodymium rings on a pencil. turns out all I needed was a type 2 superconductor and some liquid nitrogen. what I would've given to have this guy as a science teacher as a kid. fascinating stuff man!!! thank you for this, I genuinely feel a small part of me was never going to be satisfied until I could see it happen. p.s. the bread reminded me of superman for some reason and I got a chuckle out of that

I can hear it already "This is the LockPickingLawyer and today what I have for you is a Quantum Lock."

2000: air hockey 2020: quantum locking hockey

This is really showing how cool magnetic fields are, more than how cool superconductors are. The way they all sum together in that circle, and couple into one big field with a smooth shape.

Quantum Locking really is a fascinating thing to see in person, truly amazing The Action Lab.

I hope I live to see the day that this technology is used to create a theoretically perfect air hockey table.

Well you did do a great job at breaking it down to a level most people can at least get a grip on. Love when people understand something so well that they can explain it in laymen’s terms

Hey man, your experiments are so amazing. And when you're laughing about your experiments, like after putting the orange or the bread on the superconductor, I'm laughing, too. One of the best channels on YouTube. And thanks for also explaining some of the science behind it.

5:06 Everybody gangsta till the bread starts walking.

This morning I woke up early and started watching UFC highlights and somehow....I’m here.

Seriously good job of communicating science! From a former physics grad student at UIUC, BCS Theory is no easy task to understand.

this is so helpful for a writing project i'm working on. thank you!

This experiment demonstrates what it's like to be a cat amazed by a ball in a ring toy.

19xx: pour some coal, the locomotive is slowing down 2020: levitating bread 2050: pour nitrogen, the train is about to hit the ground

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing and explaining the theory behind it.

This is awesome. Takes a lot of energy to "super-cool" your magnet. Previously, I would think this was just fun experiment but, now, coupled with the real discovery of making fission reactions a reality... Seems that the applications would be endless. Pretty neat.