Editing Maglev (section)

=== New York, United States, 1968 ===
In 1959, while delayed in traffic on the [[Throgs Neck Bridge]], [[James R. Powell (physicist)|James Powell]], a researcher at [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]] (BNL), thought of using magnetically levitated transportation.<ref name='maglevhissummary'>{{cite web |url=http://www.railserve.com/maglev.html |title=Magnetic Levitation for Transportation |publisher=railserve.com |first=Christopher |last=Muller |date=23 January 1997 |access-date=12 October 2007 |archive-date=8 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508232905/http://www.railserve.com/maglev.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Powell and BNL colleague [[Gordon Danby]] worked out a maglev concept using static magnets mounted on a moving vehicle to induce electrodynamic lifting and stabilizing forces in specially shaped loops, such as [[Electrodynamic suspension|figure-of-8 coils]] on a guideway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/2000/bnlpr041800.html |title=Brookhaven Lab Retirees Win Benjamin Franklin Medal For Their Invention of Magnetically Levitated Trains |publisher=Brookhaven National Laboratory |date=18 April 2000 |access-date=13 June 2008 |archive-date=22 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222194752/http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/2000/bnlpr041800.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> These were patented in 1968–1969.<ref name="Powell & Danby US patent 3470828">{{cite patent | country = US | number = 3470828 | status = patent | title = Electromagnetic inductive suspension and stabilization system for a ground vehicle | pubdate = 1969-10-07 | gdate = 1969-10-07 | fdate = 1967-11-21 | pridate = 1967-11-21 | invent1 = James R Powell Jr | invent2 = Gordon T Danby | url = https://patents.google.com/patent/US3470828A/en}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106222810/https://patents.google.com/patent/US3470828A/en |date=6 January 2022}}</ref>