I'll say it again: #maglev #transport, and indeed all high speed #transportation, rail or otherwise, is the wrong solution for the wrong question.
The better idea is inverting the assumptions, and asking why, instead of moving people, we aren't making better #design #architecture #urbanism #planning choices, so that people/goods don't need to be moved, at all, let alone at high speeds or over the long distances at which those speeds are even viable, in the first place?
Den Begriff der #gadgetbahn mag ich ja eigentlich nicht. Erinnert mich zu sehr an Politik. Und da tauchen die auch gerne auf. Doch eigentlich hat fast jedes System seine Berechtigung, was ich im folgenen Artikel darlegen will. #öpnv #seilbahn #maglev #monorail #magnetbahn
#HighSpeedRail, particularly #maglev #trains, is a solution in search of a problem. The problem with our trains is not that they don't go fast enough, the problem is that we are attempting to substitute rapid intercity #transit for smarter ways of living that don't require #transportation.
It is far less costly and far more efficient, in both financial and #environmental concerns, to simply build better #cities than it is to move people between them. #urbanism
What if the future isn’t built on entirely new technology—but on old ideas used in new environments?
In my latest In 100 Years article, I explore a simple but surprisingly powerful idea:
Trains.
Not as nostalgia—but as a realistic solution for future transportation, even on the Moon.
Maglev systems already demonstrate incredible speed and efficiency here on Earth. When you consider airless environments, shared pressurized cabins, and the need for safe, reliable infrastructure, trains begin to make even more sense.
Sometimes the future isn’t about replacing everything.
Sometimes it’s about rediscovering what already works.
Full article: http://lewinoverinkpublishing.ca/blog.php?article=old-technology-new-again
#In100Years #Futurism #FutureTechnology #SpaceInfrastructure #Maglev #ScienceFiction #HardSciFi #Transportation #FutureOfTravel
Ich überbringe schlechte Nachrichten, was Südkoreas #Magnetbahn Ecobee (Incheon Airport Maglev) angeht. Sie fährt kaum noch und heute ist sogar Ruhetag.
#spnv #magnetschwebebahn #maglev #incheon
https://www.notebookcheck.com/Suedkoreas-Magnetbahn-Ecobee-faehrt-kaum-noch.1187271.0.html
Einst steckte auch Südkorea viel Geld in die Magnetbahnforschung und baute als Incheon Airbort Maglev eine Nahverkehrsmagnetbahn, die alles bot, was deutsche Projekte bisher nicht liefern konnten. Zwar fährt die Ecobee wieder, doch nur noch sehr selten und mit einem Ruhetag.
#Electromagnetism experience of the day in the class: magnetic levitation using a B-field opportunely induced by alternating currents.
(from there, I gave the idea of how levitation works for **trains** , as in the #Maglev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev)
Dance your way to the stars? Maybe not *quite*, but the physics of maglev in vacuum tubes is shockingly forgiving. Footfall, captured, can provide enough energy to cross continents in mere hours...
Read more at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2026/04/12/the-silent-city-and-the-space-elevator/
This post's featured rendering is of a space elevator by Pat Rawlings for NASA.
#technology #science #sciencefiction #physics #scifi #futurism #futurology #future #spaceelevator #spaceflight #transportation #trains #maglev #vactrains
31.03.2026:
Für heute ist ein sehenswerter Beitrag im TV angekündigt:
Modernes Bahnfahren - Die mögliche Rückkehr der Magnetschwebetechnik
Beginn ab 20:15 Uhr - MDR (Umschau, Wirtschaftsmagazin): geplant in dem Bericht sind auch Interviews mit Vertretern des International Maglev Board ( im Headquarter München).
Der Bericht wird anschließend ein Jahr lang in der ARD-Mediathek veröffentlicht.
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