21. MAGLEV MAGNETIC LEVITATION SUSPENSION DEVICE Up to SCIENCE HOBBYIST Up to MAGLEV magnetic levitation DEVICE.Schematic. Parts Halleffect field sensor. Here's the schematic http://www.amasci.com/maglev/magschem.html

Up to SCIENCE HOBBYIST Up to MAGLEV MAGNETIC LEVITATION DEVICE Parts: Hall-effect field sensor Here's the schematic of the device depicted in the photo. Each of the ten coil-assemblies has its own copy of the above circuit. The SS41 is a Microswitch Hall Effect magnetic field sensor IC that I found in All Electronics currently has one for $.50, HESW-5, but it is a surface-mount package with tiny, hard-to-solder leads. The professional supplier for hall-effect devices is Allegro Micro . They probably have a minimum $$ for mail order though. Here are some common Hall effect magnetic field sensors. Also, page down to here. Coil Power Supply The power supply is "bipolar", meaning that you need TWO supplies, one pos and one neg. The coils I used needed 24 volts DC each, so my supply was +-24 (or 48 v with a center common). I could run it for short periods using eight 9v batteries ( +- 36 v). If you use 12 volt coils, you'll be able to use a more common 12V dc supply. Note for experimenters: if you always use the SAME polarity of magnet, you could get rid of one power supply, and the entire circuit becomes simple: just drive the coil with a Darlington transistor switched by the Hall chip and a pullup resistor. The magleve cradle could be built this way if the bar magnet was always inserted in the same direction (but then you could never use this as a maglev train system.) Transistors, diodes

22. High-Speed Monorail Firm formed to develop highspeed magnetic levitation monorails. http://www.nctransportation.com/

HIGH-SPEED MONORAIL a "Maglift TM " Technology * Perfect for inter-city corridors where highway right-of-way is available and high-speed, high-capacity service is needed. * For crowded metro (commuter) systems where high passenger-carrying capacity is needed and right-of-way is scarce. Summary of this Web Sit e This monorail system has a wrap-around-the-beam design which makes it extraordinarily stable, safe, comfortable, and fast. It is an advance version of earlier monorail designs with greatly improved performance. This high-speed monorail is powered by a linear motor which is very quiet (has no moving parts), drives the monorail at high speeds, enables it to climb steep grades, and operates in rain, snow or ice. By combining this type of fixed guideway system and linear induction motors, a substantial amount of "lift" can be generated as well as "thrust". This Maglift TM technology has been qualified by the federal government as being eligible for federal funding under traditional "maglev" programs. However, this Maglift

23. HFML, Levitation This is the first observation of magnetic levitation of living organisms as wellas the first images of diamagnetics levitated in a normal, roomtemperature http://www-hfml.sci.kun.nl/hfml/froglev.html

The Frog That Learned to Fly (Molecular Magnetism and Levitation) Seeing is believing: Bitter solenoid in a magnetic field of about 16 Tesla at the Nijmegen High Field Magnet Laboratory. Why Frogs ? To the MOVIES of levitating objects. Whether an object will or will not levitate in a magnetic field B is defined by the balance between the magnetic force F = M B and gravity mg = V g where is the material density, V is the volume and g = 9.8m/s . The magnetic moment M = ( )VB so that F = ( )BV B = ( )V B . Therefore, the vertical field gradient B required for levitation has to be larger than g/ . Molecular susceptibilities are typically for diamagnetics and for paramagnetic materials and, since is most often a few g/cm , their magnetic levitation requires field gradients and 10 T /m, respectively. Taking l = 10cm as a typical size of high-field magnets and B ~ B /l as an estimate, we find that fields of the order of 1 and 10T are sufficient to cause levitation of para- and diamagnetics. This result should not come as a surprise because, as we know, magnetic fields of less than 0.1T can levitate a superconductor ( = -1) and, from the formulas above, the magnetic force increases as

24. Levitron Top To Fantazein Clock - Cool Science Toys & Gifts. Offering magnetic levitation products, water fountains, and toys. http://www.innovatoys.com/

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25. Magnetic Levitation Is magnetic levitation Possible? A theorem due to Samuel Earnshaw proves that it is not possible to achieve static http://www-hfml.sci.kun.nl/hfml/levitation-possible.html

[Physics FAQ] Original by Philip Gibbs and Andre Geim, 18-March-1997 Is Magnetic Levitation Possible? A theorem due to Samuel Earnshaw proves that it is not possible to achieve static levitation using any combination of fixed magnets and electric charges. Static levitation means stable suspension of an object against gravity. There are, however, a few ways of to levitate by getting round the assumptions of the theorem. Earnshaw's Theorem The proof of Earnshaw's theorem is very simple if you understand some basic vector calculus. The static force as a function of position F x acting on any body in vacuum due to gravitation, electrostatic and magnetostatic fields will always be divergenceless. div F . At a point of equilibrium the force is zero. If the equilibrium is stable the force must point in towards the point of equilibrium on some small sphere around the point. However, by Gauss' theorem, F x ).d S F dV /S /V the integral of the radial component of the force over the surface must be equal to the integral of the divergence of the force over the volume inside which is zero. QED! This theorem even applies to extended bodies which may even be flexible and conducting so long as they are not diamagnetic. They will always be unstable to lateral rigid displacements of the body in some direction about any position of equilibrium. You cannot get round it using any combination of fixed magnets with fixed pendulums or whatever.

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27. The Pennsylvania Project - High Speed Maglev Site regarding the proposed magnetic levitation train between Greensburg, Monroeville, Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh International Airport. http://www.maglevpa.com/

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29. 'Maglev' Dreams Floating On Air The idea of magnetic levitation trains is not a new one, but the technology behind them up has always been too costly. That may be about to change. By Heidi Kriz. Wired News http://www.wired.com/news/news/story/17331.html

30. Schematic For The Antigravity Relay magnetic levitation Schematic. http://www.oz.net/~coilgun/levitation/schematic.htm

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31. Not A Bird Or Plane, Just Shanghai's New Maglev, The World's Fastest Train The magnetic levitation train is finally a reality, as reporter Ron Gluckman shows on a test ride on the world's fastest train, in Shanghai. http://www.gluckman.com/Maglev.html

Is it a Bird? A Plane? Nope, only Shanghai's flashy new Maglev, the world's fastest train. Way ahead of its time seven decades ago, the still-futuristic magnetic levitation system may yet redefine travel everywhere. By Ron Gluckman/Shanghai,China L IKE MANY ON THE MAINLAND, I was on the move over the Chinese New Year. My flight lifted off early on the last morning of the Year of the Horse, touching down at the airport eight minutes later. Yet it never left the ground. My flight - that's what it was called - was aboard Shanghai's spanking-new Maglev (magnetic levitation) train, the world's fastest, most futuristic passenger line. Longest-awaited, too, since it's been an astonishing seven decades since the invention of the process that was finally put to a test on the next-to-the-last day of last year, when Premier Zhu Rongji took an inaugural ride with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany, which helped fund and build this line. Now, common cadres were having a turn. Local media called them "joyrides," these series of trial runs to the international airport in Pudong , across the river from Shanghai proper, that add a bit of flash to the Spring Festival. They certainly live up to the billing.

32. Diamagnetic Levitation The July 22 Nature paper, magnetic levitation at your fingertips, describes two configurationswhere diamagnetic materials are used to stabilize the levitation http://www.physics.ucla.edu/marty/diamag/

Diamagnetic Levitation Many common materials such as water, wood, plants, animals, diamonds, fingers, etc. are usually considered to be non-magnetic but in fact, they are very weakly diamagnetic. Diamagnets repel, and are repelled by a strong magnetic field. The electrons in a diamagnetic material rearrange their orbits slightly creating small persistent currents which oppose the external magnetic field. Two of the strongest diamagnetic materials are graphite and bismuth. The forces created by diamagnetism are extremely weak, millions of times smaller than the forces between magnets and such common ferromagnetic materials as iron. However, in certain carefully arranged situations, the influence of diamagnetic materials can produce startling effects such as levitation. It was proved in 1842 that it is impossible to stably levitate any static array of magnets by any arrangement of fixed magnets and gravity. However, the addition of diamagnetic materials makes such levitation possible. The July 22 Nature paper, Magnetic Levitation at your fingertips , describes two configurations where diamagnetic materials are used to stabilize the levitation of a magnet in the field of a fixed lifting magnet.

33. Levitating World Globes, Visual Levitation - Magnetic Levitation And Suspension HOME These Prices are in £UK and are inclusive of delivery to UK/USA / CANADA and most other countries. For an idea of what you http://www.shopping-emporium.co.uk/floating-globes/floating-globes.htm

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34. Amlev (American Magentic Levitation) Is A Fulfilled Dream Of Engineers. AMLEV is a high speed transportation system ensuring absolutely stable and safe flight of a vehicle in its own magnetic field with a speed up to 540 km/h (150 m/s) without a servo control system. http://www.amlevtrans.com

IS A SELF-REGULATING MAGLEV Inventor Oleg V. Tozoni AMLEV is a high speed transportation system ensuring absolutely safe and stable flight of a vehicle in its own magnetic field with a speed up to 540 km/h m/s ) without a servo control system. Like a live creature it reacts instantly and faultlessly to any deviation from its position on a projected track or any deflection of the vehicle speed from its given value by producing internal magnetic stabilizing forces sufficient to eliminate such variations. It has been achieved thanks to a special design of Amlev devices: both suspension and propulsion, performed in such a way that resilient magnetic lines in their air gaps work like stretched bowstrings. Amlev is based only on rare-earth permanent magnets and laminated steel cores covered by an aluminum layer. FIG.1 (Click to Enlarge) AMLEV is capable of maintaining levitation force weight of levitated magnets. Permissible lateral pressure is up to 6 t per vehicle of the length 22 m mm.

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36. Boeing: MagLev Homepage of the magnetic levitation upgrade to the Holloman High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico....... http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/maglev/

MagLev More Information MagLev Home Current Activity Division of Work Features Facts Boeing is part of the General Atomics/Bechtel/Foster-Miller team designing and building a magnetic levitation upgrade to the Holloman High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base , New Mexico. The upgrade is a multiphased effort to provide a Hypersonic Ground Test Facility for the Air Force and the nation. The MagLev system will not only provide important test capability for our national defense, but will also establish many of the design parameters needed to understand this technology's potential for launch assist. That's why Boeing is working to leverage this MagLev technology for the benefit of NASA programs such as the Highly Reusable Space Transportation Phase II study The research reported in this paper was sponsored by the 46th Test Group (AFMC), Holloman AFB, NM, under a Boeing North American, Inc. subcontract through contract F08635-94-C-0016 with General Atomics. Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations contained in this article are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the US Air Force. MagLev Home Current Activities Division of Work Features ... Privacy

37. HFML, Levitation magnetic bearings. Unlike the flyingfrog levitation , this levitationdoes not require extreme magnetic fields. Do it yourself ! http://www.hfml.kun.nl/fingertip.html

Photographs shows a magnet hovering in mid-air between fingertips of Nijmegen’s researcher. The fingertip levitation is far from being only fun. It breaks down one of the most lasting prejudices in physics that stable levitation of a magnet was impossible. The other side of the coin - no less beautiful - is that the illustrated principle allows frictionless magnetic bearings which, being passive and cheap, find their way into high-tech devices. According to the general laws of physics, a magnet unlike a diamagnet, can NOT levitate. The Maxwell equations do not allow this. End of discussion. The so-called Earnshaw’s theorem We have found a way to cheat the nature and "break down" Earnshaw’s theorem. As described in the recent paper "Magnet Levitation At Your Fingertips" (.PDF format) , we stabilize levitation of a magnet by using feeble diamagnetic forces created by seemingly non-magnetic materials such as graphite, bismuth or even human fingers. Scientifically speaking, we use non-local interaction of a magnet with a diamagnetic medium, a possibility not considered previously. So, no need to worry: the Maxwell equations survive after all. The Levidot: a levitating toy and, at the same time, a prototype of miniature frictionless magnetic bearings. Unlike the

38. Popular Mechanics - Science Article on Inductrack room temperature magnetic levitation system being developed at LLNL. Date 2000.05.00 http://popularmechanics.com/popmech/sci/9805STTRM.html

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39. Magnetic Levitation Physics FAQ. Original by Philip Gibbs and Andre Geim, 18March-1997.Is magnetic levitation Possible? A theorem due to Samuel Earnshaw http://www.hfml.kun.nl/levitation-possible.html

[Physics FAQ] Original by Philip Gibbs and Andre Geim, 18-March-1997 Is Magnetic Levitation Possible? A theorem due to Samuel Earnshaw proves that it is not possible to achieve static levitation using any combination of fixed magnets and electric charges. Static levitation means stable suspension of an object against gravity. There are, however, a few ways of to levitate by getting round the assumptions of the theorem. Earnshaw's Theorem The proof of Earnshaw's theorem is very simple if you understand some basic vector calculus. The static force as a function of position F x acting on any body in vacuum due to gravitation, electrostatic and magnetostatic fields will always be divergenceless. div F . At a point of equilibrium the force is zero. If the equilibrium is stable the force must point in towards the point of equilibrium on some small sphere around the point. However, by Gauss' theorem, F x ).d S F dV /S /V the integral of the radial component of the force over the surface must be equal to the integral of the divergence of the force over the volume inside which is zero. QED! This theorem even applies to extended bodies which may even be flexible and conducting so long as they are not diamagnetic. They will always be unstable to lateral rigid displacements of the body in some direction about any position of equilibrium. You cannot get round it using any combination of fixed magnets with fixed pendulums or whatever.

40. ABCNEWS.com : Seven Maglev Train Finalists Seven projects in seven states are working on developing the nation's first magnetic levitation train. The hope is to reduce congestion with highspeed rail. http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/trains990525.html

GO Kids GO Family GO Money GO Sports ... GO Home ABCNEWS WEB ABOUT GO NETWORK SIGN IN FREE E-MAIL HOME NEWS SUMMARY U.S. POLITICS WORLD BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE TRAVEL ESPN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT WEATHER.com REFERENCE LOCAL ABCNEWS ON TV TECH HEADLINES Linux Gets Boost from IBM Deal Next Files: No Such Thing As a Free PC Seven Maglev Train Finalists MS Wants Limited Caldera Suit ... Computing at the Speed of Light SEARCH ABC.com THE CENTURY EMAIL ABCNEWS.com SEND PAGE TO A FRIEND TOOLS AND HELPERS Seven Maglev Train Finalists High-Tech Train Projects Getting Grants U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater operates a model magnetic levitation train. The model, built by high school students, was on display at a news conference where Slater announced $12 million in grants for seven ``maglev'' projects. (AP Photo/Greg Nelson) By Anick Jesdanun The Associated Press B A L T I M O R E, May 25 The seven selected projects will get $12 million combined in grants for further studies on their feasibility, and one will be chosen next year for development and construction. Slashing Travel Times His state was designated a finalist for a Baltimore-Washington route expected to take 16 minutes, down from the current 35 minutes.

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