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[DAIR]

The National Task Force Against.....

 

[TriedandTested]

yaboydom - would be better without the unnecessary music.

 

[Xellos]

Props to anyone who can name this show!

gaki no tsukai

 

[SteveOBHave]

BOOM!

 

[bledd]

Real life Wipeout! (mini scale)

 

[MTA99]

Real life Wipeout! (mini scale)

WOW!!!!!!

 

[Crizzy]

Real life Wipeout! (mini scale)

Makes scalextric look rather tame!

 

[Skunkworks]

Real life Wipeout! (mini scale)

Meanwhile, the Americans are probably trying to make weapons out of the same tech.

 

[GravyMonster]

Real life Wipeout! (mini scale)

Ha! Just saw this tweeted and was about to post it

Looks awesome.

 

[titaniumx3]

Looks fake to me, especially the track?

 

[DAnDan]

Looks fake to me, especially the track?

It's not.

 

[titaniumx3]

It's not.

I'm not saying quantum levitation is not possible, obviously it is and it's perfectly possible to do what's shown in that video, but those tracks and the liquid nitrogen vapour looks lik CGI to me.

Look at the surface and edges of the tracks, they look very smooth and CGI like. The whole thing looks like an augmented reality video, even down to the flat surface the whole setup is standing on.

 

[Skillmister]

 

[DAnDan]

I'm not saying quantum levitation is not possible, obviously it is and it's perfectly possible to do what's shown in that video, but those tracks and the liquid nitrogen vapour looks lik CGI to me.

Look at the surface and edges of the tracks, they look very smooth and CGI like. The whole thing looks like an augmented reality video, even down to the flat surface the whole setup is standing on.

I refuse to believe that it's not real! It's too awesome to be fake!

 

[titaniumx3]

I refuse to believe that it's not real! It's too awesome to be fake!

Look at the piece of track the researcher is holding when the video starts (before the race) which looks blemished and uneven, very much real looking. Now compare that to the track when the race starts. Suddenly all the edges and surfaces on the track are perfectly smooth.

 

[Crizzy]

Looks fake to me, especially the track?

I fear you may be right, clever marketing and desperately disappointing.

 

[arctine]

I fear you may be right, clever marketing and desperately disappointing.

No

 

[Skillmister]

I don't see why it wouldn't be real, it doesn't look too much more complicated than this

 

[opethdisciple]

Good point.

Im currently watching the American Office. Absolutely hilarious.

Im at the beginning of season 3.

 

[DAnDan]

I don't see why it wouldn't be real, it doesn't look too much more complicated than this

Concept wise it's already been done and demonstrated in different ways all over the world, so actually building the track as they've done wouldn't be too difficult.

The method of propulsion would be a bit more interesting, could easily be done though just letting a small amount of the nitrogen out when necessary.

So all in all, easily doable if somebody wanted to do so.