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The Levitation Table: Update

Speculation on how the table keeps from falling ranged from bizarre (midget in an invisibility cloak) through intricate (gyroscopes) to pragmatic (it's a fake).... You will understand that I cannot also easily give you all the details of this product, the secret of "Levitation" is reserved for my distributor.

Levi Table-1

Last week we covered the mysterious Levitation Table, which kicked up not a small controversy in the comments (159 and counting). Speculation on how the table keeps from falling ranged from bizarre (midget in an invisibility cloak) through intricate (gyroscopes) to pragmatic (it's a fake).

Finally the designer, Alexandre Boucher, replied to my email. Unfortunately the "secret" is still secret, but here's the mail for you:

Dear Charlie,

I'm reallly sorry for the delay. Thanks for the interest you express for my work. You will understand that I cannot also easily give you all the details of this product, the secret of "Levitation" is reserved for my distributor.

What can I say? Well, the black top is made an ultra-light composite materials. The chrome leg conceals the mechanism...

I received a lot of theory by mail (and on your blog), for informations, none were right.

Best Regards

Alexandre Boucher

My take on this is that, if you have a truly innovative product, you apply for a patent and then go public. Anything else is just obfuscation.