Not totally qualified to produce an in depth & reliable analysis on this so take the below with a pinch of salt..
(thoughts / corrections appreciated by those more knowledgeable than myself)
However, here's how I interpret the controversy-)EVBlogs' video explains how, as he sees it, it's just the copper that's producing the observable effects.
Current is induced by way of kinetic displacement of active components (lateral movement of either plate or neo) and produces an amount of flux (MMF) (F) which is trapped in the (presumably) closed loop conductor and redistributed back into the point source (RE. magnet) hence the jiggling back & forth. I agree with his point here. (Don't agree with others he makes in other vids, though)
They should have isolated the effect in film, for clarity.
The very same phenomenon can be observed when a strong magnet is made to slide down the face of a smooth copper or aluminum sheet at a sheer diagonal angle.
The induced MMF is easily felt and can be seen to be opposing gravity by way of its intrinsic "material properties" with no input from the user (besides placement)
If this state of saturation can be maintained within the materials molecular bonds ("quantum state") at or around room temp, then it could potentially have myriad, seemingly miraculous applications as stated above in power savings by way of mitigating core & copper losses, also switching would be done differently (I presume much, much more efficiently than standard methods)
However I feel that many of the desired qualities could be had with existing compositions (Nd
2Fe
14B) even with their inherent di-polarity.
IMO the required modifications have yet to be achieved because of lack of curiosity (just see how everyone jumped at this new & unknown thing!)
N55 Neodymium magnets are seen as a novelty by most people, but I wouldn't say they're considered "novel" to most researchers anymore (We take them for granted IMO)
The shining end goal for us here, as I see it, should be production of clean & cheap or free electrical power
(it's a universally practicable energy source for us today, as steam would have been in the 1800's)
Our devices are already relatively efficient as they are, all things considered (Not that greater efficiencies aren't always a good thing, mind)
If this turns out to not work after many hundreds of other peoples replications, then I wouldn't be disheartened, as there exists many other potential methods of extracting the power from the surrounding environment (The crux upon which we all must surely be working, by all logical analyses, whether it can be synthesized, or not)
That being said I wish the greatest of fortune to those in direct involvement with this and will be following progress as many others are.
Nonetheless; were there not a vested interest in keeping alternative (disruptive) technologies tucked away on black shelves, this may have broke ground in the 40's IMO
Alongside everything else
they (High ranking military personnel / Billionaire "philanthropists" worldwide) knew at the time (which
we likely still don't)