Maglev Chip Finds Niche in Power Tools

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!"

Maglev vibrator

[Anonymous Coward]

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

I think you have that backwards

[orz]

Who says chicks can't get into technology?

Who says technology can't get into chicks?

Re:this is actually pretty cool

[e7]

time travel, which seems pretty sexy to me

Personally I prefer sentient females, but hey, whatever floats your boat. :)

Re:leave it to the French

[DrVxD]

> 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 [www.smeg.it].

Re:this is actually pretty cool

[armb]

> mechanical parts can actually be CNC-milled before they're even designed.

I've seen that done. It's called fucking up.