Gaiker Technolgy Centre, out of Spain, has developed a new dampening system based on "various magnetoreological fluids that vary their viscosity proportionally depending on a magnetic field."
I read somewhere that these were going to be used in shocks for cars. That should make for a smooth ride, but it will be expensive to repair if something goes wrong.
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