Defying Gravity: LeviPrint Uses Sound Waves to Levitate Objects

This is how the pyramids were made, apparently

when i was in college, this was experimental by other students to just shove a lot of ultra sonic sensor to levitate beads, but the resolution was super low and the beads would vibrate, now 8 years later and someone figured out they can use use an arm to precisely move the beads instead!

The force is strong with this one

I doubt even the creators/researchers fully grasp the potential of this technology. It is quite literally revolutionary.

once this becomes more well known, someone is going to incorporate this acoustic levitation into a movie.

Imagine this tech combined with a laser sintering metal 3D printer. I thought of that awhile, using Sonic levitation... Looks like it's even more viable then I believed.

I remember this technology from a few years ago but it seems like it's becoming more sophisticated, they couldn't do sticks only small pellets.

About time anti-gravity was advanced! 🤩

Cats will go crazy...

Exactly what I was looking for - thank u for the video

Something like this leviprint would be usefull for reduction of waste print materials. Use this in conjunction with a 3D printer to hold up objects so there is no or less need for support structures during 3D printing. Would work for both melting and liquid image methods. An example is 3D printing a pyramid upside-down or a cube with the corners facing the top and bottom.

I can't wait to see where this goes in the next 10 years

The rotation aspect is something I am surprised 3D printers dont use shifting the gravity for stuff like overhangs. If you rotate the entire machine so the overhang is vertical, the lines would be flat. Of course the slicer would need a 4th axis output for gode or some sort of post processor. With a 5th axis supports all together may be eliminated depending on how quickly you move/cooling. I am not talking about rotating the nozzle angle which has been done. I am talking about rotating gravity to rest the lines on material that has already been extruded.

Very interesting, great piece!

I'm more interested if we can increase the efficiency and output of the high frequency emitters so we can start making force shields. And afterwards? Hover boards.

Keep in mind that acoustic levitation works best with small light objects such as the aerosols that distribute COVID. It's quite possible to have arrays of ultrasound transducers sweeping aerosols to the ground or to the intakes of HEPA filters or even to produce ultrasonic force fields around people. Whether or not it would be a good business model to research, develop and market such devices is another matter.

one step closer to star trek replicators. this thing could one day rapidly assemble small particles of materials and glue, or particles of food material cooked with laser pulses, to make the item or food you want appear outta thin air.

If you have the proper molecular structure of an item, and you have the components to create that molecular structure, you can feed them into the stream of ultrasonics and levitation, and combined them using magnetic forces, depending on the material, whether it is hot or cold

They're acoustic right now are focusing to very singular geo 3D paths, limited to singular focus spots, which can improve for them. This method can also be done in micro atmosphere realms of radio robust wave length in magnitude amplification. Just needs a span scale of nano field grid interaction, making vector points. Where the device doesn't need movement, the target subject does. Eventually with partical pulsate impacts, the method would be called 'Tractor Beams. Phasers.'

I was thinking about this, glad to see there are people smart enough to make it happen