Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Using Magnetic Levitation for Three Dimensional Self-Assembly






Magnetic levitation (MagLev) enables 3D self-assembly of diamagnetic objects with control over many aspects of position and orientation. This work demonstrates the ability of MagLev to position and align components, such as mirrors, filters, lenses, and soft objects, without mechanical support.

2 comments:

Joshua M. Grolman said...

georgie boy doing the good stuff

Bethany Glesner said...

There is a video on his site: http://gmwgroup.harvard.edu/techniques/index.php?topic=Self-Assembly

The flat surface template is neat.