Contolled Quantum Levitation – This Means… I Could Be A Quantum Pilot!!!

An overwhelming surge of excitement ran through me when I saw this video. The prospect of me being a hyper-velocity hovercraft racer in the future is an awesome thought, especially considering the WipEout series and Quantum Redshift are the few racing games I love and will ever touch (Mario Kart too ;)). This brings back memories:

But I suspect the video above is a well executed promotional CGI fake, which now feels like a kick in the nads. But, I couldn’t let that surge just die so I did some research on superconductivity and found that ‘Quantum Levitation‘ exists and the physics behind magnetic flux is so plausible that I have no doubt in my mind, we could be seeing hover tracks and gravity defying maneuvers in the future …Or just monorails and more public transport…

How funking awesome is that!

And then there’s this guy, Malte Jehmlich, a geek with lots of cardboard, a web-cam and an RC car! His hobby project/interactive video game installation actually works at recreating the blinding speed and fun of the Playstation original. Only problem is, I can’t play it – it’s in Germany: