of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him,”- President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Maglev is a new type of train that uses magnets to levitate above the track and reduce friction. Maglev can go up to a speed of 310 mph (500 km/h) allowing people to travel on land much faster than before. The researcher will create a model Maglev and see which system, EMS or EDS, will result in better efficiency. Efficiency will be measured by the ratio of weight of train to the time to cross the track
mind over matter is firewalking. It is said that thinking "cool moss" can actually help a person walk right over top of burning coals without getting burnt (Fighting 15). People actually train to go firewalk. Ronald J. Pekala, from the Mid-Atlantic Education Institute in Westchester, Pennsylvania trains people for six hours, teaching them to focus their attention on a single image. Then, one by one the virginwalkers, as they are called, walk across the pit of fire without getting burnt. Could
Maglev Trains As almost any child knows, magnets have the ability to attract and repel other magnets. This knowledge is now being utilized in separate projects in Germany and Japan to propel and levitate a new and innovative type of train, the magnetic lift train. A German company called Transrapid is now able to build a train takes advantage of a magnets ability to attract magnetic materials. Upon observing the system from a distance, it looks to be composed of only T-shaped track and a
aims to lift and propel the train without constant electrical energy being used in the track or the train. This design uses special arrangements of permanent magnets on the train and coils of wire in the track. Although a small external force is required to get the train moving at first, once the train reaches a minimum speed, the motion of the train will induce currents in the coils of wire inside the track that will provide the lifting force needed to float the train. Therefore, no long-term power
At this day and age our society has become extremely dependent on electricity. It is essential to our everyday lives, and its importance is often overlooked. To really understand how reliant we have become on electricity, imagine a world where there are no computers, there are no forms of vehicular transportation, and there are no phones! These things are so vital to our current style of living and if there was no electricity, this would be a completely different world. Magnetism is equally important
In 1924, the Indian physicist S. N. Bose developed an alternate law of radiation which modified Planck's laws to include a new variety of particles, namely, the boson. He sent off his theory to Einstein for revision and translation, and Einstein swiftly came up with some additions to the theory. He expanded the laws to incorporate the mass of the boson, and in doing so theorized a strange phenomenon. He predicted that when atoms of a gas came together under cold enough temperatures, and slowed down