A student built a real anti-gravity machine…
using an Arduino.
How to Make an Acoustic Levitator:
Arduino Nano + motor driver + about 60 ultrasonic transducers.
They all emit ~40 kHz sound.
The sound waves meet and form fixed pockets in the air.
Tiny bits of styrofoam get stuck in those pockets and just hang there.
If you put your hand in, the pattern breaks and they fall.
Same principle labs use to move droplets or samples without touching them.
Credit: u/williamlk5341 on r/arduino
Based on an “Acoustic Levitator” Instructable guide:
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