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  • This Maglev Gearbox Doesn’t Need Teeth

    This Maglev Gearbox Doesn’t Need Teeth

    The most inefficient part of a gearing system is also its most vital: the teeth. While they allow the systems to, y’know, work, they also introduce vast quantities of frictional losses and, in turn, mechanical wear — so this new system uses magnetic levitation to do away with them.