We Have a Lift Off
By Hisagi - 投稿者自身による作品 , CC 表示-継承 4.0 , Link Hyperloop seems to be all the hype these days. Given the progress in its development, it's about time we can call it for what it is (as far as a "new" invention goes). I won't directly address it, however. Instead, here is another system, currently under construction, that will serve as a case study to the rest of the world on the mass adoption of maglev technology. CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Formally called the Chūō Shinkansen , the new central mainline in Japan is fundamentally different than the high-speed lines that come before it. It utilizes the SCMaglev , or Super Condicting Magnetic-levitation, technology that has been under development since 1962. The SCMaglev uses one of the three principal implementations of magnetic levitation, called EDS , or Electro Dynamic Suspension. The other two consist of EMS (Electro Magmetic Suspension), used by Transrapid, and Inductrack System (Permanent Magnet Passive Suspension...