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I imagine the first thing I’d think (if I didn’t know any better) when I see these items in real life would be if they were in the Harry Potter realm. Granted they’re not some freak items dropped by UFOs from outer space, I’d think these were Wingardium Leviosa-d by JK Rowling’s famous fictional wizard. BUT these aren’t mere figments of my imagination (or yours), these are real, existent, and yes, they’re available for purchase. These levitating items were designed and created by Crealev, a company based in The Netherlands. Just look at these stuff. The floating lamp, I could imagine (no, not exactly), but a floating Buddha?! Astounding. Not only that, Crealev is also reportedly designing a levitating mini stealth fighter (for what?!).

I imagine having a few of these in your house would turn your crib into something worthy of a science-fiction fantasy (Star Trek, anyone?). But how does this technology work, exactly? Well, unfortunately, Crealev is keeping mum about it and truth is that I have no idea how it happens. Crealev only hinted that the broader the base, the higher the levitation height is. Hmm…air pressure? Anyone hazard to take a guess? Anyhow, these items only require around 0.5 to 0.8 watts — not much, so you’d really have to wonder what technology is behind this.

At the same time, it’s exciting to think what would stem from the levitation technology. What else would be floating off the ground in the years to come? Tables? Beds? Everything else? I just went over to the Crealev web site and surfed over to the designer, Angela Jansen’s web site and saw a floating chalice! Beside the lamp on her homepage was written, “Fragile Floating Object.” Classic. Back to topic, whatever happens remains to be seen. For now, you can impress both science geeks and mystics alike because levitating house fixtures aren’t exactly a dime a dozen.

Sources: Techchee | Gadgets Weblog