How to levitate objects sans magic
It’s possible to defy gravity using sound waves, magnets or electricity, but today’s methods can’t hoist heavy items high in the sky.
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China’s 600 mph T‑Flight maglev could leave Boeing 737s behind
Could a train possibly keep up with a Boeing 737? China now holds the key to this problem with its T-Flight project. The idea here is to set a brand-new record in train speed by incorporating the ...
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Inside China’s 600 mph maglev train faster than a 737
China is racing to build a new kind of train that does not just rival jetliners, it threatens to redefine what “high speed” even means on land. Engineers are now testing a magnetic levitation system ...
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Practical magnetic levitating transmission gear system loses its teeth
A new transmission device that uses magnetic levitation to almost completely eliminate friction and wear has been developed as part of the MAGDRIVE research project, a collaboration of seven European ...
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Hyperloop Company Releases Details On How It Will Make Pods Float
For all the hyperloop hype, there are few details regarding how a magnetic levitation, pod-hurtling super track will achieve the proposed goal of 700-mph transportation. But Hyperloop Transportation ...
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Hyperloop Transportation says it will use a ‘cheaper, safer’ form of magnetic levitation
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Graphite platform levitates without power
Magnetic levitation is used to float everything from lightbulbs to trains, with varying levels of success, but usually it requires a power source. Now, scientists in Japan have developed a way to make ...
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Possibilities of Magnetic Levitation in Nanopositioning and Picopositioning
Dr. Christian Rudolf, an expert in parallel kinematics and magnetic drives, provides insights into PI's journey in developing magnetic levitation solutions for the semiconductor industry. “What makes ...
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Magnetic levitation can be used to separate the living from the dead
A form of magnetic levitation can separate living and dead cells without altering or damaging them in any way. The process could be used for everything from drug discovery to tissue engineering. Cells ...
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Hyperloop company “exclusively licensed” passive magnetic levitation system
On Monday, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) announced that it had “exclusively licensed” a technology that could help it bring the transit system idea, popularized by SpaceX and Tesla CEO ...
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Building A Magnetic Levitating Quadcopter
Three days ago on October 21, 2014 it was announced to the world the Back to the Future hoverboard was real. It’s a Kickstarter, of course, and it’s trending towards a $5 Million dollar payday for the ...
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Overwatch Magnetic Levitating Snowball is super cute and available for pre-order
Here's something fun for the Overwatch fans out there - or anyone who likes cute, expensive things. Blizzard is now taking pre-orders for a real-life version of Mei's weather modification drone ...
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