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Uploaded by on Jan 22, 2008

A short film that shows our levitating train. This model maglev train uses superconductors and magnets to float above the track. The film also features an animation segment explaining the physics that makes it work.

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Film and Music by James Hedberg
Produced by the WOW Lab, McGill University

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  • what happens when the car/train starts warming up and is not at the supercooled superconductive temperature needed for this? Does it just fall over?

  • @TheDvayers yep. car/train crash ensues. 

  • @WOWLab if you can please reply back as fast you can. did you use like any krazy glue, metal sheet or something keep your magnets together?

  • @jaquari1997 No glue is needed. Just rough up the sheet metal with some sand paper and that will increase the friction between the magnets and the base.

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  • Excellent video,explains the mechanism very well. Couple of questions: Could this be done with electromagnets instead of permanent magnets, and how much mass can this model carry?

  • YO!? AUTO RUN!

  • 3 questions?

    #1 Are those rare earth magnets?

    #2 Can you subsitute with dry ice?

    #3 About how much would the entire project cost?

  • This awesome floating train has a name : Maglev.

    As in Magnetic Levitation.

  • Question ! What would happen if you add electricity to all of this??Could that somehow accelerate the train and make it move constantly?? Answer !

  • thats not how maglev trains work tho, you just managed to make it float and then pushed it with your finger.

  • Or did you find the superconductor ? thank's.

  • So cool

  • I was hoping to magnetically levitate my wedding band. I guess It was a little naive to think that I could do this with a hard drive magnet, dry ice and a tungsten carbide ring. The threshold for tungsten is almost -300˚ f and dry ice will get you to like -50˚ <--- sheer disappointment

  • now where can i find some liquid nitrogen?

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