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		ck2 on Oct 18, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Video: Quantum Levitation Will this scale to train cars weighing a few tons each? So if this was demonstrated live to congress, do you think they'd finally fund a few miles of super-conducting trains for research?

shin_lao on Oct 18, 2011 | [–]

Or they can cross the Pacific ocean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JR-Maglev

asdfasdf3 on Oct 18, 2011 | [–]

Most train cars are more than a "few tons".

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