Wizards and witches are most famous for their flying broomsticks. It seems science fiction, but can it be done? What about love potions. Could those also exist? Can something be ingested to change neurotransmitters and give a love feeling. Since no one has thought about how they could work, I am going to imagine how they would work.
A flying broomstick would not be able to look like a broomstick, for their must be some modifications to make it aerodynamic. Wings are not needed, as a jet propulsion system can work just fine. The stick must behave according to the weight distribution along the stick, in order to balance the stick. So there must be some computer that senses weight and acts accordingly. Tiny jets under the stick will hover the stick and balance it as well.There will be a much bigger jet behind for providing forward velocity. These jets must be powered by nuclear fusion, as it is the only most powerful energy source for its size. An aerodynamic suit must be worn that also functions to stabilize the stick like the back wings on a plane. Controls must be avaliable, like a joystick, to steer the stick. The leg rests can function as throttles.
Another possibility of magic turning to reality is a love potion. When you fall in love, you release dopamine, which makes you euphoric, and addicted. In addition, norepinepherine, which heightens attention and activity, is released. Low seratonin also contributes to this. Hormones like oxytocin and vasopressin drive attachment to the person. A drug that could manipulate these hormones could make someone fall in love. The issue is how to focus the attachment hormones for a specific person.
What about the infamous invisibility cloak? Well, its a reality already, so no use imagining how it would work
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Extremely early this morning, I went on a journey to a movie theater in Westwood to watch Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It was a cold, dark night when we arrived. The line was so long that we had to sit on the sidewalk about a block away. As we anxiously waited for entrance into the theater, the line grew shorter and shorter. When we finally got into the theater, it was very crowded and we were forced to split up. Some sat in the front row, other were scattered throughout the large room. Despite the enormous number of people distracting me, I noticed many similarities between technologies that have been explained with magic. In Harry Potter, there were a vanishing cabinet, a flying broomstick, invisibility cloak, and other things that resemble technological advances of the future. The vanishing cabinet and apparation resemble a form of transportation known as teleportation. Teleportation is disappearing from point A and reappearing at point B. It is portrayed in many futuristic science fiction movies. The flying broomstick is also a form of transportation. A flying broomstick translated into the modern times would be a jetpack. Both of these methods are being tested and attempted by scientists, however, the jetpack is more imminent. The invisibility cloak is a cloak that you put on that allows you to become completely invisible to the naked eye. This technology has also been attempted by using nanoparticles to display the image, on the cloak, concealed by the wearer. Since you can “see through” the wearer it makes the them seem invisible. Movie is an art and incorporates technology and science in their shows. The creative minds involved in making these movies allow for scientists to build upon a foundation and template. 
Today, we experimented with two scientific phenomena that blew my mind away. The ferrofluid is a magnetic liquid that spikes up when interacted with a magnet due to differing magnetic polarities. After seeing a video of this process, I found myself extremely excited to be able to partake in this same process. As my group and I followed the steps and got closer and closer to achieving the final product, my excitement grew. When we finally achieved this masterpiece, the results were not disappointing. The magnetic liquid beautifully spiked up when a magnet was placed beneath it. After playing around with the ferrofluid for a while, we moved to the second experiment. The second experiment involved photolithography. During this process, we drew a picture on a transparency 1 inch by 1 inch and placed it on a chip. After undergoing a series of reactions, the chip displays the image drawn on the transparency. Other aspects of today that astounded me are the concept materials. The ideas that people around the world have are truly innovative and artistic. There was a car that was able to rotate, making easier and more efficient parking. Along with this vehicle, there were many other vehicles that were inventive and brilliant, artistically and scientifically, Another invention was in the form of a game. This game is called mindflex. Mindflex use brain waves to control the speed, power, of a fan to navigate a ball through an obstacle course. I was amazed at this invention because it has always been a fantasy, shown only in movies and on television, for someone to perform telekinesis. All of these conceptual ideas combine both art and science to make peoples dreams of telekinesis come true…to some extent. 
we went down into Westwood to see the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the half-blood prince. The first thing we noticed was the massive line wrapping two blocks. Everyone went into the movie expecting to see everything from the book on the big screen. For this reason most people came out disappointed because it would take a twenty hour-long film to include the details from the novel. Anyway besides the entertainment portion of the film I noticed many things that could be related to nanotechnology. For example, Harry uses an invisibility cloak to hide from his enemy Draco Malfoy. Even though being invisible seems impossible, in the future nan
otechnology may help us to achieve something similar to this magical fantasy. In fact, the Japanese have begun to create a material that may soon have the ability to turn things invisible. It works by bending the visible light that hits the object, around the object and making the light continue on a linear path. We returned to Hedrick after the m
ovie and were able to catch up on five hours of sleep. That afternoon we were taken to the physics building on campus to experience something called an anechoic chamber. This is basically a room lined with foam and insulation resulting in a 100% soundproof and 100% pitch-black room. In this room we experienced an overall eerie feeling and we even could here our own bodies. Another thing I found interesting was that when we were in the chamber, we created energy by peeling scotch tape off the role. Across the hall a team of scientists had been studying the properties of the tape to try to harness its energy and hopefully use it as a fuel source.
