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That one is clearly rotating. Magnetic levitation with a rotating field is not too difficult (you can get levitating flower pots as cheap novelty toys) but the sample in the new video appears fully static.

Edit: relevant Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin-stabilized_magnetic_levit...




The video in the reply (https://twitter.com/xmal/status/1300794329347260417) seems to show levitation even when the magnet isn't rotating?




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