What use are magnets? Maybe you think magnets are interesting; maybe you think they're boring! What use are they, you might ask, apart from in childish magic tricks and scrapyards? You might be surprised just how many things around you work by magnetism or electromagnetism. Every electric appliance with an electric motor in it (everything [...]
Magnetic Energy - What if you walked out of your house and entered the car of the future, which looked like a donut? You push a button and the vehicle rises about a foot from the ground. A small thruster moves the vehicle forward as the vehicle follows an electromagnetic strip embedded in the road [...]
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of the companies building the super-fast transport system thought up by billionaire Elon Musk, has unveiled the magnetic technology that will allow the pods to levitate and move. Hyperloop works by transporting a number of passengers in capsules that would be propelled by magnets at a speed of 760 miles [...]
