Magnetic Levitation in the News

Levitating cars? Anything’s possible in STEM Academy
Levitating cars may sound like magic or science fiction, but for Kenowa Hills STEM Academy students, anything is possible with magnets, a 3D printer and a little bit of math and science. continued..
China's engineering masterpiece could revolutionize energy storage — here's what sets it apart from popular batteries
"The largest operational flywheel energy storage facility ever built." China's engineering masterpiece could revolutionize energy storage — here's what sets it apart from popular batteries first ... continued..
Levitating Wireless LED Ring
Here’s an impressive example of a completely home built magnetic levitation setup… with wireless power transmission to boot! [Samer] built this from scratch and it features two main sub ... continued..
The huge 807ft skyscraper that remains completely empty for a surprising reason
Built by engineering firm TK Elevator, the massive structure has attracted attention for its unique appearance and lack of windows. continued..
Magnetic levitation: New material offers potential for unlocking gravity-free technology
The most common type of levitation occurs through magnetic fields. Objects such as superconductors or diamagnetic materials (materials repelled by a magnetic field) can be made to float above ... 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..
Central China’s Hunan Province starts to build an inter-city maglev rail line
People look at a high-speed maglev train model on display at the fourth World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, Nov. 19, 2021. (Xinhua/Han Xu) Construction began on ... continued..
Maglev line starting date still up in the air as costs keep rising
The much-ballyhooed magnetic levitation train line project linking Tokyo with Nagoya has been stuck in limbo since Shizuoka Prefecture refused to allow construction for what could be one of the ... continued..
Huge skyscraper nearly as tall as The Shard built in forest & no one lives there…because giant tower is to test LIFTS
NESTLED in the middle of a forest, a towering structure almost as tall as London’s iconic Shard rises dramatically above the trees. But instead of being a luxury skyscraper full of offices or ... continued..
World record hyperloop trial paves way for high-speed future travel
The high-speed transportation system consists of an autonomous, fully-electric pod levitating at near-sonic speeds. continued..
Longest Hyperloop vacuum journey completed in European test facility
In what feels like news straight out of 2016, a Hyperloop testing facility in Europe has completed the longest-ever vacuum capsule journey. The milestone could bring this oft-forgotten promise of high ... continued..

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