View Single Post
Old 05-22-2012, 01:44 PM   #18 (permalink)
Christ
Moderate your Moderation.
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Troy, Pa.
Posts: 8,919

Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi
90 day: 45.22 mpg (US)
Thanks: 1,369
Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts
Why can't an electromagnet hold stationary? I'm not sure I get why it couldn't be done... Enough magnetism between objects makes them VERY difficult to move. Keep going with that principle, and it could be completely impossible for a human to move them.

Granted, this takes a charged coil, which requires electricity, thus energy expense... but there's no reason mechanical brakes couldn't be MUCH smaller anyway for the final "stop and hold" as necessary if electronic/magnetic braking were used.
__________________
"¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"

  Reply With Quote