Levitating or Floating seat?! (part II)

Hello dear reader!

We have discussed on the introduction of the project in the previous entry. In this entry we are going to continue with the research on how we can levitate or float an object.

Art of Levitation or Flotation
To defy the gravity is not a simple task, as it is the essential thing in the earth rules. the things that keep us intact with the earth surface is the gravity, and our body weight is also causes from the pull of gravity. So, how do we repel the gravitational force so we can float in the air? To do that, we can rely on few rules and tricks.

Magnet
a magnet is a device/object (usually ferrite) which have the capability to attract iron based object, it also produce magnetic field. usually, magnet have 2 main poles, which is the south pole and the north pole. By manipulating the magnet poles, we can easily create a levitation force to an object. To have a greater levitation force, I suggest you to use neodymium magnet, which have a mass repulsive and attractive force.

A pencil being levitated using magnetic repulsion force

Levitating lamps: current product that used the magnetism law.

Display platform: the platform can levitate any designated toys/display products

Visual Illusion (structural construction)
There are also another way to obtain the levitating effect by only tricking the visual of the eyes. Magician call this, visual illusion. Do you really think that magician can levitate someone into mid-air? well I guess you have been foolishly tricked into that.

A perfect liar: there is no such thing as magical levitation!come on, get real!

a perfect material to create a levitation illusion is a clear solid acrylic. The acrylic can be served as the suspension or a stand to the product you want to levitate.Another way to achieve visual illusion is to manipulate the structural design of the object itself. Below are some of the example of the visual illusion:

A bed which give a levitating effect by manipulating the acrylic panel.

Dylan floating contemporary bed

Archimedes' principle
Archimedes have come out with brilliant theory of density, and with the theory, the creation of largest ship on earth is possible (like Titanic!). Archimedes stated that; in a container full of water, if an object is partially or fully immersed in the water, the displaced water have a same mass value of the object itself. In a simple word, If the weight of the water displaced is less than the weight of the object, the object will sink Otherwise the object will float, with the weight of the water displaced equal to the weight of the object.

To understand fully about Archimedes' principle, I suggest you to do some homework on it as this is not a science blog ( lol ). So, what Archimedes' principle have to do with the topic?? well, by manipulating the principle, we can create a floating object in the house. the crystal clear water would give a levitation effect if the object floating.

a crystal clear water would give an optical illusion of levitating object

floating lanterns

Air Pressure (Bernoulli principle)
another last trick that I forgot to mention is air pressure. By implying a certain methods and tricks, the pressure of the air can be use as the medium to levitate an object. The simple example is hovercraft. The air pressure created by the turbines inside the hovercraft create a lift force which is then levitate the hovercraft in mid-air. The principle can be manipulated the same way if we intended to levitate an object.

Old school toy: the toy using the Bernoulli principle to hover the ball

OK, that is all I can come out with for this entry. Actually the research that had been done is more than just what have been explained here.So, do some homework and you will learn more! Basically, this entry is the guidance for me through selecting a proper and viable principle so that my vision to create a levitating/floating seat can be realize. until next time~~ challooooo~

Up next>>> It's time to walk the talk! (mock-up of floating seat)