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Stories about: maglev

MagLev Trains Racing at 500 km/h Throughout Japan by 2025 A three-car version of the Superconducting Magnetically Levitated (MagLev) train achieved the world record of 581 km/h (361 mph) for a rail vehicle in December 2003, a record that still stands today. The vehicle relies on superconducting magnets and linear motor technology, which rule out the frictional forces genera... 1 November 2008 05:11 GMT Don't Just Sit, Hoverit! It's finally out on the market. Behold the hovering chair! We can at last literally float the stress away in the new unique suspended lounger. In fact that's its name, "The Lounger". The British company Hoverit Ltd. has recently presented a chair that can act as a bed as well, which defies gravity by floati... 18 January 2008 02:49 GMT