Comments on: Magnetic Levitation Train

By: charlie cole

charlie cole — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:14:30 +0000

halerrrrrr….if you see…its amazing.ryt?you never give any appreciation for dat kind of invention?hmmmmm
its quite naughty that there are people in the world that are obsessed in that kind of field….

By: charlie cole

charlie cole — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:08:45 +0000

its amazing 4 me to see a kind of invention 4 an engineering student like me….i really hope that i can work abroad.im here in mindanao state university philippines…….

chuxfeargreat

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:08:26 +0000

Amazing! How smoothly it runs without any friction even with some obstacles in the way. I am sure with things improved upon this can be done on a bigger scale and who knows this might the future.

By: David Hayman

David Hayman — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:54:27 +0000

Technically speaking, it’s not a clean method of transportation at all – just a clever way of removing friction.

We won’t know how clean it is until they build an actual working prototype and we can see what type of propulsion they decide on (assuming that the trains won’t be started by somebody giving them a gently push ;-) ).

By: Pierre Mage

Pierre Mage — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:37:55 +0000

Magnetic levitation trains are not new. If you want some concrete examples, you should search for the almost deceased German Transrapid, the Japanese Maglev or the have not heard about it for a long time Swissmetro project. One of the problem with this kind of transportation is the strong magnetic field involved, of course! But the main problem is that it cannot run on the current railroads.

By: Binary Assassin

Binary Assassin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:53:37 +0000

There is one of these at the University of Sherbrooke (in Quebec Canada). I remember how it fascinated me the first time I saw it. It is amazing such a simple concept can work so well. And it is a very clean way of transportation! :)