Your Next Cocktail Could Defy Gravity With the Levitating CUP
Diehard cocktail aficionados swear by serving specific drinks in the correct glass. I wonder what they’ll make of the…
The Air Force Smashed the MagLev Speed Record at 633MPH
Hold on to your hats: The US Air Force has accelerated a sled down a magnetic levitation track at an incredible 633…
These Cities Could Be America's Next High-Speed Rail Hotspots
Faster trains are finally coming to the United States, in cities like Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, and Las Vegas. Where…
The U.S. Might've Just Taken Two Steps Closer Toward Its Own Maglev Train
This weekend, millions were approved in funding for a high-speed rail project linking Baltimore and Washington, D.C. by…
5 Ideas That Could Change the Future of Trains
The Subway, the El, the Tube, the Métro: Trains have been transporting humans around cities since 1863. But too many…
8 Reasons Why the Tokyo Olympics Will Be the Most Futuristic We've Ever Seen
In 1964, the last time Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics, the nation revealed one of the biggest mic drops in…
6 Ways That Magnets Are About to Change Our Lives
Magnets. You already know what they are and everything about them. Or do you? Magnets are crucial to many more emerging…
Why Japan’s Bullet Train Will Finally Bring High-Speed Rail to America
High-speed trains—which can hit 300 miles per hour or more—are the ultimate example of how futuristic engineering can…
America Should Envy This Speed Record-Shattering Japanese Bullet Train
The Central Japan Railway Company’s maglev bullet train hit 366 miles per hour yesterday in a test, a record-setting…
This Maglev Gearbox Doesn't Need Teeth
The most inefficient part of a gearing system is also its most vital: the teeth. While they allow the systems to,…
World's Fastest Train Hits 500km/h, And People Aboard Look Pretty Chill
The world's fastest train – a maglev vehicle operated by the Central Japan Railway Company capable of speeds in excess…
The World's Fastest Train Is Ready to Ride
The world's fastest mag-lev train, the 311 mph Series Lo prototype from JR Tokai, made its first public run on…
They are building the first personal maglev transport system in Israel
SkyTran—a NASA Space Act company—is finally building a pilot of its computer-controlled, two-person high speed maglev…
China's Maglev Train Prototype Could Reach Speeds of 1,800 MPH
A research team in China just successfully tested a blisteringly fast transportation concept: super-maglev, a high…
This futuristic-looking mass transit system is really happening
Tel Aviv is set to begin construction on the world’s first magnetically levitating skyTran system of mass transit.…
The World's Fastest Train Will Float on a Cushion of Electromagnetism
The fastest train in America, the Amtrak Acela line running from Boston and DC tops out at 110MPH. Sure, that's way…
In the Future, Maglev Cannons Will Shoot Us Into Space
Today in grandiose space ambitions that would make even Newt Gingrich balk: a $60 billion, 1,000-mile long, 12-mile…
We already have the technology to send trains into space, at a fraction of the cost of rockets
This is Startram, a proposed launch system that would use magnetic levitation trains, a 1000-mile tunnel, and a…
Flying Carpet Car (1958)
Andrew A. Kucher [right] with Anastas I. Mikoyan [left] (Life Magazine, 1959)
Your Future Automotive Awesomeness: Fiction vs. Reality
The car's come a long way since Ford started mass production 100 years ago, but science fiction takes transportation…