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Floating Iron Man Suit Is The Coolest Useless Toy Money Can Buy

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We’re not sure it’s ever smart to spend a large chunk of change on a toy, but if you have $170 burning a hole in your pocket, the Iron Man Mark II Special Floating Edition sure looks cool. It’s part of the Egg Attack series, and floats in mid-air thanks to a combination of attracting and repulsing magnets.

True to the key features of the Egg Attack series, Iron Man’s every detail is meticulously crafted, including the armor, joints, and flying mode air deflector. The Iron Man 3 Mark II Magnetic floating version’s main body is painted with high-quality metal coating, showcasing Mark II’s steel-like armor. High-luminance LED light is hidden within the eye, chest reactor, and feet, which stays true to the night flying mode in the Iron Man movie.

The Egg Attack Iron Man 3 Mark II Magnetic Floating Version is shipped with a glowing magnetic levitation base, a customized battery case (fits 8 AA batteries, sold separately), and a protective sheet.

So that’s it, $170 for an awesome levitating Iron Man toy. Watch the video; it’s hard not to want it.

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Iron Man Mk. II Floating Figure: Repulsor Tech

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Similar to Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid line, Beast Kingdom’s Egg Attack figures are highly detailed chibi-style models. While some of them are propped up on their pedestal by a plastic rod, the new Iron Man Mk. II Egg Attack model floats over its base thanks to electromagnets.

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The model is made of porcelain-like material and has LEDs on its eyes, chest, hands and feet. Like Tony Stark’s prototype suit, the model is finished with a shiny metallic coating.

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The pictures don’t do a great job of showing just how shiny, detailed and cute this little fella is. Good thing Beast Kingdom released this demo video. It’s in Chinese but it has English captions:

Tell Jarvis to head to Hobby Link Japan, where you can pre-order the toy for about $134 (USD).

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Hoverkraft Levitating Construction Challenge Floats in Mid-air

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Growing up, my favorite part of being a Cub Scout was the magazine that came with the membership called Boy’s Life. I didn’t really like the articles, but the wacky ads in the back that had stuff like x-ray glasses and Sea Monkeys that you could order. The coolest of them all was a hovercraft that would let you float around outside. I wanted that more than anything else.

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I never got that hovercraft, and it probably would never work anyway. What will work is this building game called Hoverkraft. The game has a magnetically levitating platform secured at two ends by little cables. The goal is to build a castle out of the little pieces on the floating platform.

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It’s sort of like floating Jenga in that you get to add and remove pieces depending on what you roll with the included dice. The game is for two players and the one who makes the platform collapse loses. The game is available now for $29.99(USD) at ThinkGeek.

Ultrasonic Levitation Machine: Ultrasium Leviosa

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Earlier this year, we saw a device that could make objects hover and move in three dimensions using ultrasonic waves. Richard Haberkern’s Ultrasonic Levitation Machine is a lot simpler than that device, but it’s affordable and does what it says on the tin.

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The Ultrasonic Levitation Machine uses a small transducer and a reflector to create a standing wave. The device can only accommodate objects up to 6mm in diameter, but that doesn’t make it less fascinating.

Float on to Kickstarter and pledge at least $119 (USD) to get an Ultrasonic Levitation Machine as a reward. Makers can also get either the machine’s blank circuit board or the 70W driver board at the lower reward tiers.

[via Gadgetify]

Scientists Levitate Objects Using Ultrasound Waves

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Behold witchcraft! Some crazy mages who call themselves scientists are making stuff levitate using ultrasound waves. Check out the video below. It demonstrates three-dimensional, mid-air acoustic manipulation, aka levitation. Aka witchcraft!
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Scientists in Japan are using this technique to suspend small objects in the air with ultrasound waves and they have created an array of wave emitters capable of levitating objects in any direction. Why do these wizards boast of their magic so openly, unafraid of burning at the stake? I have watched the video. I know magic when I see it! I am holding my pitchfork right now!

Seriously, this video just makes my brain hurt. It is amazing. Check out all of the details on their website. This amazing science is the work of professors Yoichi Ochiai, Takayuki Hoshi, and Jun Rekimoto. They have powerful magics indeed.

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Scientists use sound waves to lift and move objects, make cup of joe mid-air

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Levitating objects with sound waves isn't anything new, but a team from Switzerland has taken it to the next level by rotating and moving objects as they float. In fact, the researchers were able to manipulate a number of objects mid-air, including water droplets, inserting DNA into cells and mixing up a little instant coffee. If you're wondering how intense sound waves need to be to get things moving (at this level, at least) then 160 decibels is the starting point. If that sounds ear-splittingly loud, that's because it is. But, by using frequencies typically out of the human audible range (24 kHz), no ears were at risk. The movement itself is controlled by a grid of sound-emitting squares. Once the object was in the air, it could be moved around by lowering the volume on one grid point, and increasing it on the next. For now, the science is only able to lift tiny objects, but the same team claims that it'll will soon show similar work using steel balls. Could we use this to get our (sonic) hoverboard? We're not calling that just yet.

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Levitating Magician Stunt Secret Revealed

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You have surely seen those levitating street artists. These guys use some kind of steel structure to pull it off. What magician Dynamo pulled off in London is more elaborate, but according to...

Magician Dynamo Bus Levitation Stunt In London Blows Your Mind

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You sure have seen those levitating street artists. These guys use some kind of steel structure to pull it off. What magician Dynamo just pulled off in London is more elaborate. He levitates along...

Levitating Light Bulb: Duck and Cover When There’s No Power

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How many engineering students does it take to build a floating light bulb? Just one. University of Queensland student Chris Rieger combined magnetic levitation and wireless power transfer like peanut butter and jelly to create a fancy floating sandwich. And by sandwich I mean light bulb.

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Watch the magic happen in the video below:

Rieger says he’s working on a much better version of the bulb, one that will have a built-in dimmer and height control. Drop a comment on YouTube if you’re interested in buying that improved model to help Rieger decide if it’s worth making multiple units.

[via Chris Rieger via Hack A Day]


ZeroN slips surly bonds, re-runs your 3D gestures in mid-air

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Playback of 3D motion capture with a computer is nothing new, but how about with a solid levitating object? MIT's Media Lab has developed ZeroN, a large magnet and 3D actuator, which can fly an "interaction element" (aka ball bearing) and control its position in space. You can also bump it to and fro yourself, with everything scanned and recorded, and then have real-life, gravity-defying playback showing planetary motion or virtual cameras, for example. It might be impractical right now as a Minority Report-type object-based input device, but check the video after the break to see its awesome potential for 3D visualization.

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