A high-speed Maglev train that will connect Baltimore and Washington, D.C., is currently in development. When complete, the ...

In this follow-up to his earlier book on magnets, former GE physicist and MIT lecturer Livingston (Driving Force) explains the science and mysteries of magnetic levitation, or "maglev." The ability of ...

A video excerpt from the podcast discussion about levitating transport systems for industry, specifically B&R's Acopos 6D, which uses levitating shuttles to move materials and parts between various ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. I’m here to ...

Three days ago on October 21, 2014 it was announced to the world the Back to the Future hoverboard was real. It’s a Kickstarter, of course, and it’s trending towards a $5 Million dollar payday for the ...

Levitation techniques are no longer confined to the laboratory thanks to engineers who have developed an easier way for suspending matter in mid-air by developing a 3-D-printed acoustic levitator.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s called the Yun, and its Kickstarter campaign is full of wildly optimistic promises about the product’s zen ...

Scientists who want to study the effects of weightlessness have always had precious few options. There's the "vomit comet," NASA's Weightless Wonder plane that creates a few seconds of weightlessness ...