Japan firms face charges over alleged maglev bid-rigging
Japanese authorities on Friday pressed criminal charges against four major construction firms suspected of colluding to win contracts for Japan's multi-billion-dollar maglev project.
Japanese authorities on Friday pressed criminal charges against four major construction firms suspected of colluding to win contracts for Japan's multi-billion-dollar maglev project.
Business
Mar 23, 2018
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Magnetic levitation (Maglev) is well known for its use in high-speed rail networks, but could also be applied at smaller scales in medicine and electronics. To do so, researchers must be able to precisely control electromagnetic ...
Engineering
May 19, 2017
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Germany is auctioning off a maglev train that officials once hoped would speed up transport at home and become a major export success.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 11, 2016
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A world record for a trapped field in a superconductor, was achieved in 2014 by a team of engineers led by Professor David Cardwell.
Superconductivity
Sep 23, 2016
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A new approach of industrial fault detection based on Artificial Intelligence has been studied on the electro-magnetic suspension of floating Maglev trains and could be applied to other safety-critical control systems, scientists ...
Engineering
May 22, 2015
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It was, retired Japanese railway engineer Fumihiro Araki recalls, "like flying in the sky."
Engineering
Oct 1, 2014
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Trains that use magnets to levitate above the tracks might sound like something from Back to the Future, but the concept of magnetic levitation has been around for many years. Maglev trains, which use this technology, were ...
Engineering
Jul 10, 2014
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Japan has offered to fund part of a project to build an ultra-fast train line between Washington and New York, which would revolutionize travel on the US east coast, a Japanese official said Friday.
Engineering
Jan 8, 2011
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(AP) -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took a ride Tuesday on the fastest passenger train in the world, a Japanese maglev, as part of Tokyo's sales pitch for billions of dollars in high-speed train contracts from ...
Engineering
May 11, 2010
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