>> As an aside, I saw some physicist has built a flying machine that defies
>> current understanding. The device really does fly. And the scientists
>> really have no clue why it flies. (As best as I can tell, the device is
>> some sticks of wood with wires strapped to it, and you pump very high
>> voltage, high frequency electricity through it, and this makes it
>> levitate for some reason...)
> 
> I think I have seen that. Doesn't seem too difficult, if the wire and
> sticks are light weight. A high voltage  would create some ionization
> which would direct the air to flow around the wires. If everything is
> small enough then that air flow, and the turbulence from the air hitting
> the surface under the device, should be enough to lift it.

Well, the PhD who built it said he had no idea how it works, and none of 
hsi collegues could figure it out either.

(One wonders though... If you don't know how it works, how did you make 
it??)

Then again, this was on TV, so...

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