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When it comes to the railways, the UK has an unrivalled reputation for leading the way in new technologies.
Unfortunately, it is equally renowned for all too quickly abandoning such new advances as too impractical or expensive, only to see other nations go on to prove their success.
One of the most recent such developments that Britain was first to implement - and then abandon - is magnetic levitation or maglev trains.
These are super-fast trains propelled by the force of electric-powered magnets.
Using a combination of magnetic attraction and repulsion for lift and forward movement, they literally float a few centimetres above specially-built tracks.
woah that sounds really cool. magnets can be used for lots of things. not to long ago the development of the MRI happened witch is magnetic renesconce imaging used for seeing inside the body much better then xrays.
Yep, maybe looking in to things we already have around us is a good idea, may I just add that the maglev wes actually invented by British Railways in the 1960s but magret thatcher as usual cut funding, (we also invented the tilting train), and it went for the japs or the italians with the tilting train to steal the technology and take it forward, this happened in the 60s/70s!!
When it comes to the railways, the UK has an unrivalled reputation for leading the way in new technologies.
Unfortunately, it is equally renowned for all too quickly abandoning such new advances as too impractical or expensive, only to see other nations go on to prove their success.
One of the most recent such developments that Britain was first to implement - and then abandon - is magnetic levitation or maglev trains.
These are super-fast trains propelled by the force of electric-powered magnets.
Using a combination of magnetic attraction and repulsion for lift and forward movement, they literally float a few centimetres above specially-built tracks.
Your wrong, I quote wikipedia here: "The first, the German patent (1941)
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The first patent for a magnetic levitation train propelled by linear motors was German Patent 707032, issued in June 1941."
Germany builts these trains for years and has already exported some to shanghai:
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Shanghai – Hangzhou
China has decided to build a second Transrapid maglev rail with a length of 160 km from Shanghai to Hangzhou (Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev line). Talks with Germany and Transrapid Konsortium about the details of the construction contracts have started. On March 7th, the Chinese Minister of Transportation was quoted by several Chinese and Western newspapers as saying the line was approved. Construction will probably start towards the end of 2006 and is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2010 Shanghai Expo, becoming the first inter-city Maglev rail line in commercial service in the world. The line will be an extension of the Shanghai airport Maglev line.
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as usual cut funding, (we also invented the tilting train), and it went for the japs or the italians with the tilting train to steal the technology and take it forward, this happened in the 60s/70s!!