Berlin is getting ready to welcome a futuristic ‘magnetic levitation train’. The German capital plans to build a five-to-seven kilometre test track for the green transportation project, investing €80 ...

Using magnets to propel trains is not a new technology but it is still far from being perfected or even just implemented on a large scale. There are currently only four operating systems in the world ...

Magnetic levitation demonstrated using a Dremel tool spinning a magnet at 266 Hz. The rotor magnet is 7x7x7 mm3 and the floater magnet is 6x6x6 mm3. This video show the physics described in the work ...

The world is experiencing a green revolution in energy, but wind power has not yet fully tapped into the residential homes market. While everybody is putting solar panels on the roofs of their homes, ...

Magnetic levitation systems and actuators represent a significant advance in precision motion control, utilising magnetic forces to suspend and manoeuvre objects without physical contact. These ...

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 ...

Scientists have successfully levitated a mouse using a strong magnetic field. How did they do it? Working on behalf of NASA, the researchers built a device to simulate variable levels of gravity. The ...