Levitating train flies like a Plane

Japanese researchers led by Yusuke Sugahara at Tohoku University showed off (at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics in Shanghai, China) Aero Train, a prototype transport that hovers inches above the ground without maglev rails.

The “ground-effect vehicle,” the unmanned plane-train uses fast-moving air and several plane wings to levitate itself above the ground, capable of traveling at 124 miles per hour in a “U-shaped concrete channel.”