[Timesink]

Note that this article isn't from Wired magazine, but from Wired News, which has had no direct relation to the magazine for some years now, and has been known to be just a touch sensationalistic at times, though generally reliable.

And whatever these things are doing, they aren't "resisting Earth's gravitational forces" any more than airplanes and birds do. Anti-gravity devices are impossible under the laws of physics, specifically the First Law of Thermodynamics.

[jlogajan]

Anti-gravity devices are impossible under the laws of physics, specifically the First Law of Thermodynamics.

I would have to disagree with that. Attractive and repulsive forces are known in nature, obviously. But you just don't have a repulsive force appear out of nowhere and do work for you. You are required to insert energy or tap into a natural store of potential energy in order to make use of repulsive forces to do work, lifting, etc.

[jayef]

Is it possible that there are "holes" in that theory? Or more specifically, can the "holes" be created?