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9 hours ago by alex

In what must be considered a positive development for expanding high speed rail in the US, the route between Los Angeles and Las Vegas has been designated a federal high speed rail corridor. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood announced on the 2nd of July that the route to Las Vegas would be an exte ...

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3 days ago by Dakota

Following last week's designation of a federal high-speed rail corridor, the Los Angeles Times checked in on the maglev folks. You'll recall that Senate Majority Leader and Nevada senator Harry Reid changed sides, throwing his support (and a move that'll push federal funds) towards the DesertXPress, ...

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6 days ago by Doobybrain

Don’t quite understand the technology behind trains running on magnetic levitation? Fear not, for this video will explain the phenomenon with a wonderful demonstration via toy train set. [ via]

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7 days ago by Robert Cruickshank

This image is about to get a makeover: That's the map of the USDOT HSR corridors. One corridor that's not there is Los Angeles to Las Vegas. That is changing today: The U.S. Transportation secretary will announce today the designation of a federal high-speed-rail corridor between Las Vegas and South ...

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7 days ago by Emmanuel Roberto

Si tienes la necesidad de viajar a una velocidad sónica, echa un vistazo a este concepto, llamado Nissan Motivity 400-C, creado por el diseñador Tryi Yeh. El mismo, incluye tecnología Maglev (tren de levitación magnética), la cual utiliza las propiedades físicas de los campos magnéticos generados po ...

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7 days ago by Ing. Emmanuel Roberto Torres

Si tienes la necesidad de viajar a una velocidad sónica, echa un vistazo a este concepto, llamado Nissan Motivity 400-C, creado por el diseñador Tryi Yeh. El mismo, incluye tecnología Maglev (tren de levitación magnética), la cual utiliza las propiedades físicas de los campos magnéticos generados po ...

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9 days ago by LuckyMich

This is the Nissan Motivity 400C concept car by the Taiwanese designer Tyri Yeh. Nissan Motors is known for having some of the most beautiful designs in the car industry. This too should be added in their concept designs. The car is stunning and holds its own. It sports the powerful magnetic levitat ...

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10 days ago by franky

The evolution with trains could be very interesting in the next years. Levitating trains are a very interesting concept and in the past scientist have already uttered the possibility of high speed Maglev trains crossing the Altantic much faster than the Concorde did. A 4,000-mph magnetically levitat ...

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13 days ago by Veritech

This program made me wonder what is the big thing of our generation. Yes i know that we have the internet, but is that all we get? Might sound greedy but if you think back to the sixties they had colour TV, Jet Airplanes, moon landings etc. Is the current parallel Twitter and Facebook? As great as t ...

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16 days ago by iL Duce

1.“Creo que en el mundo hay mercado para quizás unas cinco computadoras.” Thomas Watson, jefe de IBM, 1943. Ésta ridícula afirmación no parecía tan descabellada en su momento, pero de más está decir que estaba increíblemente equivocada. Al día de hoy en el mundo hay miles de millones de computadoras ...

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