[mertle]

Originally Posted by Osem

Whatever happened to Prof Laithwaite's linear induction motor?

http://www2.imperial.ac.uk/blog/vide...oject-in-1973/

Had high hopes for that when I was a kid...

alive and kicking abroad in japan

http://science.howstuffworks.com/tra...glev-train.htm


It has moved on from this testing phase

http://www.ecomagination.com/big-in-japan

After decades of research and development, delays, and financial hand-wringing, Japan has finally given the green light for construction of a high-speed magnetic levitation line connecting the cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.

If this government got any sense they would jump on board get one here scrap the HS2.

If they build it above on stilts the construction it would minimise environment damage. Better would be massive undertaking build it underground. The costs think would be too great for this undertaking.