[Jacob] has put a slightly new twist on the levitating ball trick with his ping-pong ball levitation machine. We’ve all seen magnetic levitation systems before. Here on Hackaday, [Caleb] buil… ...

If you put a ball somewhere around the location of the circle, it will roll back and forth. But What About Magnets? ... In fact, there is a whole Wikipedia page on magnetic levitation.

Getting a magnetic field to balance on another magnetic field is about as easy as balancing a bowling ball on the tip of an ink pen. With a little help from an Arduino mega, however, [EmmaSong] was… ...

Magnetic systems, optical levitation and acoustics only work with certain objects, ... along with balls of glass, ceramic and plastic, ice particles and seeds. Chin Lab. 2 / 3.

This is perfect sphere of liquid metal, suspended using a strong magnetic field so that it can levitate in space. Oh yeah, and it’s aboard the International Space Station. With all things ...

LYFE consists of a rotating planter that hovers over an oak base, suspended in mid-air via magnetic levitation inside the base. The planter is molded from silicon and rotates in mid-air over the ...