Japan’s Levitating Train Hits 310 MPH in Trials
I think that this technology is going to be very productive. However if it precedes expectations, you know that the United States would have create there own brand in order to bring that type of technology overseas. Where this might be a blessing of shortening time traveled from destinations by at least half, I honestly wonder how this will affect other means of transportation. The first would be airlines. With a faster means of transportation via a ground unit, it would mean a cheaper way of traveling (magnetic levitation). This train would need a lot of maintenance on going these type of speeds; but with no type of fuel needed to travel, you can imagine how much the tickets would be then. Thus, this would make the second downfall on transportation, which is the automobile industry. With the increase of gas prices, everyone is wanting to cut on traveling, which is another result on why airlines are nowhere on customers that it once was (neglecting 9/11).
Though the outstanding amount of such projects (an airport line in Shanghai and a low-speed train in Nagoya as an example), I wonder if this is worth actually doing. If companies building such a device are able to do so, I suppose that it is reasonable. I mean it cuts down on burning of fossil fuels and pollution, which would then fluctuate the supply and demand on this resource. I suppose that it all depends on the project's spending costs. If a company in the United States started this, there would be a huge amount of jobs created, which seems to me in the thousand numbers of jobs. Overall, I suppose that such technology of moving several thousands of pounds in speeds of over 300 MPH is astonishing nevertheless; and I believe that it is a step into the right direction.
With more research, I found that there are plans for the United States to receive such technology.
"The U.S is currently pondering a maglev system of its own, but such plans remain in their early infancy, with few large commercial backers. U.S. maglev supporters should be cheering the Yamanashi line, as one of the most hopeful efforts in the U.S. The Northeast Magleve (TNEM) is backed by JR Tokai. The TNEM is planned to connect Washington D.C and New Yorck City with a high speed maglev, passing through Baltimore, and Philadelphia along the way."
In doing so, there must be software to keep up with this type of technology to help on reducing any hindrances or causalities. So, I researched even further for any type of programming implications that might enlighten me on the subject. Successfully, I was able to find that as of 2004 a committee agreed to use C++ as the software program language code.
"In September 2004, it was decided that a new version of the controller software would have to be developed in order to achieve required quality standards. Given the complex nature of the software, Philips Applied Technologies and Verum together applied Analytical Software Design (ASD) techniques in which the complete software design is modelled mathmatically and model-checked for correctness before implementation starts. After verifying the design mathematically, Verum’s ASD techniques enabled 90% of the new code to be generated in C++ automatically from the verified design specifications."
Excerpt from the Article: Analytical Software Design Case MagLev Stage Software Project for Philips Applied Technologies (PDF)
By: Guy H. Broadfoot, George Kielty
References:
1. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/09/maglev-310-mph/
2. http://www.ajc.com/news/business/airlines-keep-adapting-to-high-fuel-costs/nQRrf/
3. http://www.maglev.ir/eng/documents.html
With more research, I found that there are plans for the United States to receive such technology.
"The U.S is currently pondering a maglev system of its own, but such plans remain in their early infancy, with few large commercial backers. U.S. maglev supporters should be cheering the Yamanashi line, as one of the most hopeful efforts in the U.S. The Northeast Magleve (TNEM) is backed by JR Tokai. The TNEM is planned to connect Washington D.C and New Yorck City with a high speed maglev, passing through Baltimore, and Philadelphia along the way."
In doing so, there must be software to keep up with this type of technology to help on reducing any hindrances or causalities. So, I researched even further for any type of programming implications that might enlighten me on the subject. Successfully, I was able to find that as of 2004 a committee agreed to use C++ as the software program language code.
"In September 2004, it was decided that a new version of the controller software would have to be developed in order to achieve required quality standards. Given the complex nature of the software, Philips Applied Technologies and Verum together applied Analytical Software Design (ASD) techniques in which the complete software design is modelled mathmatically and model-checked for correctness before implementation starts. After verifying the design mathematically, Verum’s ASD techniques enabled 90% of the new code to be generated in C++ automatically from the verified design specifications."
Excerpt from the Article: Analytical Software Design Case MagLev Stage Software Project for Philips Applied Technologies (PDF)
By: Guy H. Broadfoot, George Kielty
References:
1. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/09/maglev-310-mph/
2. http://www.ajc.com/news/business/airlines-keep-adapting-to-high-fuel-costs/nQRrf/
3. http://www.maglev.ir/eng/documents.html
Cody Bennett 9/08/2013
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