Magnetic Levitation in the News

China's new train aims to travel over 600 miles per hour — here's how it could set new standards for high-speed transportation
Flight's incredible speed is its magnetic levitation technology. China's new train aims to travel over 600 miles per hour — here's how it could set new standards for high-speed transportation first ... continued..
Levitating Lightbulb Does It All With No Wires
It would be really fun to do an entire hallway of these levitating wireless lights. This a project on which [Chris Rieger] has been working for about six months. It uses magnetic levitation and ... continued..
Back to the future with magnetic levitation
The iconic hoverboard from the Back to the Future film franchise is often seen as a futuristic technology that seems plausible, but has never came to fruition. continued..
Building A Levitating Turbine Desk Toy
Magnetic levitation is a beautiful thing to watch. Seeing small objects wobble about while seemingly hovering in thin air never gets old. If you want something suitably distracting in this vein ... continued..
Japan's Magnetic Levitation Cars Could Revolutionize The Automotive Industry
Magnetic levitation, or maglev, is a method by which an object is suspended in the air using magnetic fields, eliminating the need for physical contact with a surface. This technology drastically ... continued..
The wonder material which could hold the key to near-limitless energy
A rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) is now being used by an Oxfordshire-based company for its superconducting properties in the hope it will make nuclear fusion a practical reality. continued..
Hover cars have arrived! Self-driving sky pods set to soar above traffic on high-speed magnetic tracks
The network of computer-controlled ‘jet-like’ vehicles will use Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) technology to provide what the firm says is fast, safe, free and economical travel. ‘skyTran ... continued..
CHERRY Levitating Speaker now available for Php5,790
CHERRY Philippines has added a new cool item that will surely elevate your listening experience and which you’d love to have at home: the CHERRY Levitating Speaker. The Levitating Speaker is comprised ... continued..
How Elon Musk's 700 mph hyperloop could be the fastest way to travel
It's a hyperloop – magnetic pods levitating inside a tube at more than 1,000 kilometers per hour. In theory, you could go from LA to San Francisco in just 45 minutes with tickets less than $100 ... continued..
Types of energy store
Fridge magnets, compasses, maglev trains which use magnetic levitation. Internal (thermal) The total kinetic and potential energy of the particles in an object, in most cases this is the ... continued..
Energy stores and transfers - OCR Gateway
Fridge magnets, compasses and maglev trains which use magnetic levitation. Thermal In most cases this is the vibrations of the particles in the object. In hotter objects, the particles vibrate faster. continued..

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