”magnetic levitation technology” News

Levitating train from L.A. to Las Vegas gets boost

WASHINGTON - Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward under a transportation bill signed by President Bush on Friday that frees up $45 million for the futuristic project.
06 7 2008 12:27PM (...more)

Cal U's Maglev Fits Stimulus Plan Criteria

To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Bruce Wald of California University of Pennsylvania , +1-724-938-5898, wald@cup.edu 'Shovel-ready' project could move forward
01 10 2009 7:11AM (...more)

SoCal-to-Vegas rail route wins federal designation

LAS VEGAS – The clogged tourist travel route between Southern California and Las Vegas has been designated a federal 07 4 2009 8:39AM (...more)

Henry Dormitzer Joins Free Flow Power as CFO

Free Flow Power Corporation announced today that Henry Dormitzer, currently Governor Deval Patrick 's Commissioner of Revenue for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, will join the Company as its Chief Financial Officer on
01 5 2008 11:55PM (...more)

3-D Computer Designs Take Form With Magnetic Device

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a device that could allow people to feel textures and shapes of 3-D designs created on computers -- without awkward mechanical gear.
03 6 2008 11:04PM (...more)

Vegas, Midwest seek the $8 billion for fast trains

WASHINGTON – The Republicans attacking President Barack Obama 's economic stimulus package point to
02 25 2009 3:57PM (...more)

Shanghai residents protest train line construction

SHANGHAI, China – Construction of a high-speed rail link between Shanghai and the nearby city of Hangzhou is raising
08 28 2009 5:11AM (...more)

Mice Levitated in Lab

Scientists have now levitated mice using magnetic fields . Other researchers have made live frogs and grasshoppers 09 11 2009 5:04AM (...more)

Shanghai's 2010 Expo: the 'Economic Olympics'

Irvine, Calif. – Hosting a world expo was once a big deal. From London in 1851 to Chicago in 1893, these fairs put cities at the center of the world stage, just as Olympics and world
05 20 2009 6:57PM (...more)

Ithaca, NY, wants to be America's 1st podcar city

ITHACA, N.Y. - The thought of a driverless, computer-guided car transporting people where they want to go on demand is a futuristic notion to some.
10 13 2008 10:27AM (...more)