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Levitating Small Animals Using Ultrasound

December 2nd 2006 03:30
Scientists at the Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian (China) have used ultrasound to levitate small animals, such as insects, fish, and tadpoles. Why? Nobody seems to know. Nevertheless, the experiment is interesting from a purely informational point of view.

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Comment by Deorre

December 7th 2006 03:10
And from an applications point of view. If, for some reason the vibrational levels can lift light creatures, it is likely only a matter of time before this translates to larger things.

Comment by Adele

December 7th 2006 15:38
If we could get a big enough sub-woofer, we could try it out.

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