Not interresting enough.  I was thinking a dish shaped base so you could kind of
roll it around while it is floating in the air.  Not to mention fascinating your
friends by passing things underneath it.

Sean H. Breheny wrote:

> At 11:15 PM 9/29/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >Yes, superconductors create very nice magnetic levitation.  So do
> electromagnets
> >and magets and gyroscopes.  My goal was a do nothing executive desktop gadget
> >with a magnet just hovering in space over a base.  The liquid nitrogen
> part of
> >supercondctors makes this difficult.
>
> I suppose that you wouldn't be satisfied by a pair of magnets with holes in
> the center and with a wooden dowel running thru the middle? This will
> levitate just fine,with the dowel providing the lateral stabilization.
>
> Sean
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