I’ve seen magicians use static electricity to float things like dollar bills or other light objects, but could static electricity ever be used to float a car?
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
The classic dollar bill static electricity trick is a great magic trick to teach kids about how science works. What’s happening when you float an object with static electricity is that the similar magnetic forces of the two objects are repelling each other, which is what causes the object to float.
In a way, this is how magnetic levitation works, which is what allows things like Japan’s super fast bullet trains to float above the track and move at incredible speeds. Magnetic levitation technology has been tested on cars, and would be even more
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