Magnetic Levitation in the News

Levitation Breakthrough: Scientists Create Levitating Disk That Requires No External Power
In a levitation breakthrough, scientists have created a virtually frictionless, macroscale levitating disk that requires no external power. continued..
Scientists Show Off Gravity-Defying Breakthrough In Magnetic Levitation Research
Researchers may have unlocked the potential for gravity-free technology. A new study published in Applied Physics Letters highlights how researchers have made huge breakthroughs in magnetic levitation ... continued..
Freely levitating rotor spins out ultraprecise sensors for classical and quantum physics
With a clever design, researchers have solved eddy-current damping in macroscopic levitating systems, paving the way for a wide range of sensing technologies. continued..
Analyzing food and beverages with magnetic levitation
Scientists are reporting development of a new use for magnetic levitation, or "maglev," the futuristic technology best known for enabling high-speed passenger trains to float above the tracks. They ... continued..
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 ... continued..
Hyperloop Transportation says it will use a ‘cheaper, safer’ form of magnetic levitation
Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His ... continued..
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 ... continued..
Frustrating Fun With Magnetic Levitation
[Andrey Mikhalchuk] built his own magnetic levitation device and you can too… if you have the patience. He’s not using electromagnets, like the Arduino levitator or the floating globe. Instead, a pair ... continued..
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 ... continued..
Portal Gun and Magnetic Levitation
Yes, everyone loves springs. But a mass hanging vertically on a spring is a great example of stable equilibrium. Why does this produce stable equilibrium? Let's start with a diagram of a mass hanging ... continued..

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