Hi
My interest is soley personal - I live in a relatively environmentally friendly set-up in the mountains in southern Spain (wooden cabin, my own water, only solar and wind power - get the picture?) and I would like to know more about the maglev (manetic levitation) technology. I have already read the following links:
http://cr4.globalspec.com/comment/129414 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev)
http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/2536
http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/5231
http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/13170
http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/1322
http://cr4.globalspec.com/comment/12376
http://cr4.globalspec.com/comment/227187
My specific questions are:
1. Could maglev technology be used in hospital beds to avoid physical contact between skin and bed (for instance for burns patients or for those with terrible bed sores etc)?
2. How feasible is it that everyday items like washing machines could use this technology to remove the need for bearings and associated parts that normally wear out after a number of years?
3. Whilst I believe cost factors (amonst others) prohibit the implementation of maglev technology in many situations, would be indeed be possible to use solar power to generate sufficient current to run a maglev installation, say within an industrial complex?
4. Finally, what do you see as the practical household uses that maglev technology could be put to?
Thanks
Joe
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