Is anti-gravity possible?

[Aerozord]

Something I have yet to find an answer for. Not if its practical just is if possible to create artificial gravity. To be clear I do not mean using centrifical force to create an effect that mirrors gravity. I mean something like you see in sci-fi of a way to make a flat surface (with nowhere near enough mass to create gravity) generate a downward pull on matter uniformly Is there even a theoretical way to do this?

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I imagine the answer can be found from understand how Gravitational Force works and how it interacts with matter. Supposedly Gravity can't be changed but hey, anything is possible. Once we have a better understanding of what creates Gravity, I'm sure Anti Gravity tech will be right around the corner. For now though we can sort of make things float through the use of EMFs.

[shiney]

Once we identify and emulate the force that drives gravity, we will be able to counteract it. Anti-gravity is not just possible, it's inevitable.

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

First and foremost there has to be a far greater understanding of gravity's mechanics and how it interacts with everything else before making shit to counteract it. Everything after that is logical progression and application.

Originally Posted by Kyanbu The Legend

For now though we can sort of make things float through the use of EMFs.

Acoustic levitation would like to have a word with you.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Wow I had no idea we could do that with sound yet.

[Amake]

Everything I understand about gravity tells me it's a direct function of mass, and the only way to alter the gravity of an object is to alter its mass. I cannot imagine how you'd get around that, and the idea that we might overthrows everything I know about how the world works. So exciting.

[Aerozord]

What about artificial gravity?

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Why do you think we spent so long looking for the Higgs boson? Gravity is a direct result of mass, and mass is somehow related to the Higgs boson imparting that mass to other particles via the Higgs field. Being able to manipulate Higgs bosons would therefore mean you can interact with the Higgs field, and thus manipulate an objects mass.

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

What about artificial gravity?

The linear acceleration by way of centrifugal force to create simulacrum of gravity, take 2001:A Space Odyssey's Space station for example. 'Gravity' is exerted greater as one moves further from the center spindle, for lack of a better word at the moment. Wikipedia has a good summarizy of methods for generating artificial gravity. Particularly on the Coriolis effect on an astronaut.

[Bum Bill Bee]

I thought that they had already created artificial gravity, but they could only levitate tiny objects inside a chamber. And of course its like a billion dollars per minute to do it.