A nation with technology at its heart, Japan is already home to a dizzying array of high tech gadgets, gleaming skyscrapers and even restaurants staffed by robots. When it comes to transport the ...
What if you could travel from New York to Los Angeles in just under seven hours without boarding a plane? It could be possible on a maglev train. Maglev—short for magnetic levitation—trains can trace ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In China, a new "sky train" system glides 33 feet above street level without using any electricity or fuel at all. The ...
A Japanese company said its magnetic levitation train set a speed record this week, reaching 366 mph on a test track. The Central Japan Railway Co., often called JR Central, said the test run involved ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about business in India, especially the new economy. Oct 19, 2014, 11:05pm EDT Oct 20, 2014, 06:29pm EDT This article is ...
Japan continues to set the standards for high-speed transport with its latest prototype, a magnet-powered train designed by Central Japan Railway Co. A prototype Series Lo train was unveiled at a test ...
A zero to 60 mph time of just under seven seconds is decent, but not too noteworthy. A zero to 100 mph in the same time would be astounding. But zero to 404 mph? Welcome to the future of trains, as ...
Europe is very close to making a huge move for its railway industry. A test by Italian firm IronLev has provided successful examples of how a magnetic levitation train, or maglev, might work on ...
YAMANASHI, JAPAN — The inside of the train car goes eerily quiet at 93 miles per hour, a familiar rattle disappearing into a hum as it lifts four inches off the ground, levitating and speeding through ...