Electromagnetic Suspension System

chuckgrosvenor writes "Every automotive suspension has two goals: passenger comfort and vehicle control. Unfortunately, these goals are in conflict. Two much comfort, and the car rolls and pitches a lot, too much control and you feel every bump. BOSE has found the happy medium by using electromagnetic motors, power amplifiers, & computer control algorithms to even out the road, while still feeling connected to it. Check the quicktime movies to see two different cars stay level while they go through cornering exercises." Reader gatekeep writes "Amar Bose, founder of the Bose Corporation and MIT professor and alumnus, has recently unveiled a new electromagnetic car suspension system. It's said to have taken 24 years to develop. There's only minor technical details available so far, but the author of this piece describes seeing the system allow the test vehicle to jump over obstacles in its path!"

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Here He Comes!

[elmegil]

the author of this piece describes seeing the system allow the test vehicle to jump over obstacles in it's path!

Mach 5! Yeah!

I wonder if...

[shfted!]

... one could route the bass frequency from one's car stereo into the suspension to get that extra bass feel?

It would sure beat doing the brake-gas tap dance to headbang in sequence with the music while driving :D