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Maglev Chip Finds Niche in Power Tools

Posted by timothy on from the when-peanut-butter-meets-chocolate dept.

andhar writes: "This story in the Financial Times just goes to show you that it's often not the sexiest application of a technology that makes the best business sense. 'Today, while "maglev" trains remain a technological curiosity, linear motors are being quietly exploited in the less obviously glamorous field of machine tools. One of the leaders in such applications is Forest-Liné, a French company that makes products vital to the competitiveness of much larger industrial businesses' My margaritas want a maglev blender!"

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  1. Maglev vibrator by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Small, quiet, discreet, and energy-efficient. Who says chicks can't get into technology?

  2. I think you have that backwards by orz · · Score: 5, Funny
    Who says chicks can't get into technology?

    Who says technology can't get into chicks?

  3. Re:leave it to the French by DrVxD · · Score: 5, Funny

    > the germans who have a pump company called Schwing?

    That's nothing - there's an Italian cooker manufacturere called Smeg. And to make things even better, their domain names is Smeg It.

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