10 Inventions That Will Make Harry Potter A Reality

10. Levitation = Mag Lev

The ability to make objects fly is one of the first things that young witches and wizards are taught when they enter Hogwarts.

Levitation and flight have been an obsession of the human race (for the muggles anyway) for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. However, it would now seem that we're beginning to catch up with the wizards.

Mag Lev (that's magnetic levitation) technology looks to be the future of travel, with everything from trains to hoverboards harnessing its powers. Through the use of repelling magnets, we are able to suspend objects in the air without any other support than the magnetic field.

Not only is this damn cool and bringing us ever closer to hoverboard technology, but it's also an incredibly efficient way of getting around.

Objects suspended in a magnetic field can be moved around with almost zero friction (apart from the air) meaning that trains slide effortlessly over tracks, turbines rotate without any drag and we could even use it to launch rockets into space at breakneck speeds using very little fuel.

Plus, we don't need to remember the correct pronouciation in order to make it work.