A Basic Developmental Scenario for the Maglev Highway ― Maglev Highway as the Future of Transport ―
A Maglev system, in which cars sit on magnetically levitated pallets, could potentially produce substantial benefits compared to conventional car travel, particularly on long distance routes. This paper describes basic developmental scenarios applied to the future of high-speed ground transportation.
Magnetically levitated shuttle highway system
In this article, the author presents a new concept, the ML-SHS (Magnetically Levitated Shuttle Highway System), which can provide free control, high speed, safety, smooth mobility, energy efficiency, and eliminates most vibrations, noise and sound. In order to design the ML-SHS, the electro-magnetic absorption method is utilized for it's support system and the linear motor for the driving force is applied. The magnetic levitation system is installed on the fin, so that the fin becomes the EMFS(Electro-Magnetic Fin Module Supporting system) for the IPV [1] and the vehicle.
Strategies for glass based photonic system integration
There is a clear tendency to integrate more and more opto-electronic and micro-optical components like optical fibers, laser diodes, modulators, isolators, beam-splitting components and micro lenses in also increasingly dense and complex assemblies. The paper will discuss thin glass as a very promising base material for that kind of photonic packaging on interposer and board level including optical interconnection using fibers.