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Electromagnetic car suspension.
Feb 22, 2017 8:03 AM
undercovergiraffe
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qasigiaq
This is old. Years and years ago.
Aranyszin
Heard the Knight Rider theme all through this.
robviously
IDoNotHaveACreativeUsername
Inertial dampers are now a reality!
codesubversive
You know why they used an old car? Because this is a really old video.
dentgineer
Jizz in my pants
thugtaters
Just what I needed, for my car to jump onto side walks.
SenorMacaroni
Bose is no match for Ryu http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/RYU570.gif
SamuelBrit
Because that wasn't the final bose.
Ceora
Can we talk about this link address for a second? I have questions. . .
Lash2828
Like a Bose.
InfOracle
I knew it'd be here already!
AtillatheGun
It could come to market in modern times, if they can bring the cost/weight down & up the strength. I could also see use in a combat vehicle.
Foxhack
I guarantee you that whatever CPU that controls this suspension would overheat in fifteen seconds if it's used in my hometown.
mitzialbright
Perfect! now you wont even FEEL the pedestrians under your tires!
AriPlanetLord
Where I'm from the word for speed bump is "muerto" which translates to "dead (person)."
FeckItImAubreyPlazaNow
"I just can't stop hitting little boys!"
xxdd179
HOW HOW DOES IT DO THAT ....HOW
Xraygenic
Take it off any sweet jumps?
itgeg
Shocks? Pegs? Nice.
Vicks369
This is actually from the 90s and never made it to production..something about it being too heavy and too expensive
dashers
I've got magnetic suspension in my Audi. Nowhere as slick as this though, but probably a lot lighter too!
Whatisthesecretofsoylentgreen
alchemist23
CGI & fake
BedsideTiger
Electromagnetic suspension can control ride height, preloads front and extends to full length before the bar, while dropping the rear (1/2)
BedsideTiger
Popping the car up and before the rear reaches the bar it extends to full height and the rear pops up and travels over the bar, thus jumping
Whatisthesecretofsoylentgreen
kofunstuff
Believe it or not, GM actually has the best electromagnetic suspension systems in production. So good Ferrari licensed the tech from them.
packardcaribien
Those are electromagnetic dampers, not springs like this, but yes it is pretty good.
ClubberLaing
probably doesn't hold up to wear and tear.
T351C
INeedAnUserNameButNoneIsFree
I'll take "Technologies that impress me and I won't be able to afford for" for 500...
KCBeard
To design something like this, you've gotta find an engineer who really Bose what they're doing.
BenjaminBanks
What are you, some kind of Bose-zo?
fbdrtallz
IDontBreakHeartsIDestroyThem
Have you got a cold?
PlanktonRaptor
guminski
This needs to be an example comment on Imgur's Wikipedia entry so that people will know what they're dealing with when they come here
Truezm
I like what you said, but just a little ????
funnman
However the system is too heavy to be used as standard suspention in all cars
somedudedude
Nice, now speedbumps will become irrelevant!
Vlascia
Would be great at my apartment complex that has like 13 of them...
RtsWillH1Mself
As Will curbs
adk2852
Nah, active suspension puts the same amount of stess on your car, just less bodymovement - it will break easily, or be significantly heavie
Darthtador
DoomedMagistrate
https://youtu.be/CBJQKIAtLiE lol you reminded me of this
Darthtador
Hahhaa. Yep. So dramatic
RantMannequin
So necessary. To think that was my favorite show as a kid
Darthtador
Lol. Yeah. Same here, but hey... KITT is getting closer to existance for us!!!
VEpsilon
Just get a tank. Tank beats everything.
Valkor
Tank does not beat stick. Break stick, now you have two stick. Stick win every time.
VEpsilon
2tru
akiradlc
Found you, Ivan. Back to Mother Russia, now!
VEpsilon
Son, don't tell me you haven't played Halo
akiradlc
Just 1 and 2, then M$ made it Xbox exclusive.
VEpsilon
Rip, it was a reference to Halo 3
Tdrendal
This never took off as it added so much weight to the car I believe.
mjeh28
I think they had issues with the lack of weight transfer decreasing traction in some scenarios.
WickedSludge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_suspension#Some_production_vehicles_with_active_and_semiactive_suspension
pyrrhlis
I mean it took off briefly...
iBeProFam
i was wondering why it was in such a shitty looking car
Chirishman
To my memory the speed run down the worst-case road put such incredible strain on the frame that it basically fell apart. Source: PopSci
JakeMcAwesome
Both cost and weight. Still absolutely amazing though.
AtillatheGun
it was airborne right there in the video! I'd say that qualifies.
SjorsM
No pun intended?
Prmnic
I'm not quite sure, but i remember Audi doing something similiar they called "magnetic ride"?
ServantOfTheGodEmperorOfUsersub
At least the speedbump-suspension arms race won't start … yet.
pobody
Cost. The hardware runs upwards of 20k.
Gouki
20k in which currency?
pobody
US dollars
halborski
I wonder if the cost would come down if it were scaled to be on many more cars.
pobody
It would be a tough sell to all but the most discriminating performance enthusiast.
Showmeyourotters
I'm not sure I'd want that kind of suspension just because smoother rides tend to make me feel car sick
fadecomic
Yeah for real. I already dislike the weirdly smooth suspension on full sized cars like Lincolns and Buicks.
disgruntledtruckdriver
I've driven over a million miles and never fell asleep at the wheel... til I had to drive an hour in my girlfriends volvo.
EyeTri
A LTC with rear air suspension, addco sway bars and sport shocks is pretty dope.
ATrebuchetCanLaunchA90KgProjectile300M
GM uses "magnaride" in some of their cars, like the corvette. It does not add much more weight to the car.
ATrebuchetCanLaunchA90KgProjectile300M
It is also used in a few ferraris, and it was standard on the 15' Shelby gt350. Just to name a few
justbelowme
No such thing as a 2015 shelby gt350. And it wasnt standard in 2016. Included in R pkg or track and tech. 1st year was 2016 for gt350
esgedi
Gotta love old adjustable ferrari suspension. A little servo that moves a knob on the shock.
TheMrGUnit
Magnetorheological suspension uses a damper filled with a fluid that changes viscosity with electric current (1/2)
TheMrGUnit
But it can't apply an additional force on the wheel like the Bose suspension. They're two totally different things only related by magnetism
animaniac
Technically it doesn't change the viscosity of the fluid. It changes the apparent viscosity of the fluid.
TheMrGUnit
Correct, but I also couldn't type that in 140 characters. Hell, I didn't even have room in 280...
TheMrGUnit
Also, try telling a non-engineer that there's a difference between viscosity and apparent viscosity, and wait to see the eyes glaze over.
animaniac
Lmao true true
animaniac
Under a magnetic field, it doesn't change the slope of the shear stress shear strain curve (visc.) it only moves the curve up the Y axis
pobody
Woohoo! Found another engineer in the discussion!
TheBlueMuppet
I too change viscosity when subjected to electric current.
LongGreasyDick
Or is she is post op. Heey O
LongGreasyDick
Or if*
ReverendAurora
Profit was the reason it was discontinued. Nothing but profit.
GavinScreaming
No one wants 20k added to the price of a fucking Camry for a little less bumps. High end sports cars have had similar systems put in.
ReverendAurora
Similar yes, and you're right no-one will pay 20k more per car just for a slightly smoother ride, when that much would get you a much
ReverendAurora
better car with a smoother ride.
RandomAbscessMemories
It's not a cancer cure or some shit. Profit would be the only reason to add it to cars in the first place.
ReverendAurora
The point was it didn't make Bose as much as they wanted so they discontinued it.
JohnJacobJingleHeimerSmitt
I think it was mostly the cost, but also these are kind of dangerous to drive without training, you have no road feel
adk2852
Nah, this is bs. Many cars use active suspension (i.e.Audi Magnetic Ride or Merc Air Suspension) to reduce body movement. They handle fine..
JohnJacobJingleHeimerSmitt
Thats not the same as this technology. This you feel absolutely nothing on the road, you can get out of control without even noticing.
adk2852
Oh man, a car loosing control is so much more than just body movement. Read up on ESP input parameters:
adk2852
Similar is loss of traction on flat (slippery) surface such as motorways, where one can feel and measure loss of control
szepasszony
I was just thinking the same thing, feeling the pull of the car is how i know if I'm going around a curve too fast
TheLimpinBiscuit
I don't think the pull would decrease. Centripetal force would still be at work. I'm just guessing, though.
szepasszony
Good point
pobody
The sound from the tires will let you know.
Nutjob
I wait for the sound from the trees against the bumper
LiberalViking
I wait for the sound of my children crying at my hospital bed.
whitepolarbear
i thought there was a production luxury car that had this or something similar. Maybe lexus?
RustyNeX
Many cars have magnetic fluid or air suspension but not this maglev suspension.
fearandloathinginaz
That Lexus came with standard struts or ride height adjustable air bag suspension as an option. Amazing car, but no maglev.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
Mercedes Benz' Magic Body Control is pretty awesome.
KirchoffsVoltageLaw
But that's for cornering, not this.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
It's an adaptive suspension control system that varies the damping of the individual wheels using a road surface scan. Works in corners too.
KirchoffsVoltageLaw
That's mercedes active pre-scan.
packardcaribien
Numerous production cars have had active air (Lincoln), gas (Rolls), or hydraulic (Citroen) suspensions. But not Bose maglevs.
Migles
Why does that car jumps before hitting the bar?
sonhouse
It wasn't designed to do that. Apparently it sensed the height and anticipated a slope, but wound up doing a sick jump
BedsideTiger
Cause it can.
beardyfaceguy
It didn't want to trip.
TheBlasphemingTomatoGuy
Because its CG
CeruleanSky1988
Cos it's really a robot in disguise.
Bob64
bamboozled again!
Vitalhornet89
PlazmicFlame
That's awesome! Lolol
TheInvisiblePinkUnicorn
This'll be great for when the cops try and use spike strips
ragingmaniacguy
The liberals will make it illegal for cops to stop bad guys by the time this is to market so no worries. Enjoy criminal alien rapings.
ImgurPremiumAccount
Yeah. That's some James Bond Car shit right there
pookieeatworld
Well then they should use electromagnets to stop the perp's car...
whynotsneeze
EMP shockwave
BugEyedLemur
Can't catch me copper
96DAWn
You'll be pleased to hear that, as far as I know, the project has been discontinued and never made it into a production vehicle
TheInvisiblePinkUnicorn
Its cool and all but with the way people drive i cant see it ever being legal till we all have self driving cars
MayaMacskusz
AAAAAnd to jump speedbumps.
Mithi
Cops just have to lay the second stripe right in the landing zone.
VoidIncarnate
That sounded really dirty when I read it...
TechnicallyRight
GO GO GADGET TIRES
Katateochi
or use this thing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H0TsxtEDgI
GonzoTom
Yea, so the spikes become non-ferromagnetic instead of steel. Problem solved.
jake96
I don't think that wooden rail the car leaps in the gif is ferromagnetic, either.
Relikar
The electromagnets in the suspension aren't for detecting road obstructions, it's for the control of the dampers. There would have to be 1/2
Relikar
Other sensors to detect what's on the road in front of the car in order for the suspension to react the way it does such as radar/camera 2/2
GonzoTom
yea, my mistake I assumed it did both. Researching it, I found it's a stunt triggered by a reflective strip in the road picked up by sensors
Borys610
No more waiting for the elderly to cross the street.
Manateechica
This comment made me cackle. Thanks
Hossa81
Underappreciated
PlazmicFlame
That is exactly why the jumping part would be removed if this ever goes to market.
FatNibba
You could just add it back in because it is controlled by a computer
GonzoTom
No, spike strips would just be redesigned to not be magnetic.
RJWaters
thats not how this works......
GonzoTom
yea, assumed it was a sensor and damper system. but its not. The jump is a trick though triggered by a sensor to the suspension.
GonzoTom
my mistake
IMNOTYELLINGCAPSLOCKISSTUCK
AFTERMARKET MODIFICATION
Squelchtone
hack the CANBUS
NoSelfiesOfficer
Your username... It checks out.
Squelchtone
hack the CANBUS
aPokal
Don't forget we are on the edge of robotic horses. RETRACTILE LEGS!!
IllegalDuckling
Now I'm imagining a VW Beatle with horse legs.
OK1s
Did it fucking jump it.... my God technology is fucking sick
icorrectgrammarpunctuationspelling
"Did it fucking jump it? My God, technology is fucking sick!" Alternatively you could use an exclamation pt after God as an interjection.
Stillrelevant69
That car is the grandfather of Kitt from Knight Rider
Morpheous
And the Mach 5
Candyman216
What? My dog does this all the time and he is free
kongfuchicken
A real Turbo Boost button!
SailboatWallpaper
THATS WHAT I SAID TOO!
HamGrenade
Are you sure you wouldn't rather have irrational fear of a giant sky being instead of scientific advancements???
KrisPhoenix
speed bumps will increase 250% in height after this hits the market.
FriendlyGuyInWindowlessVan
https://i.makeagif.com/media/8-23-2015/vBVA">VAgs.gif">https://i.makeagif.com/media/8-23-2015/vBVAgs.gif https://media.giphy.com/media/pRHqylUTQEz7y/giphy.gif It only gets better
FriendlyGuyInWindowlessVan
https://68.media.tumblr.com/598a3ba31eed32243625a1c0020e9ff6/tumblr_nyxcgzuqHN1um8r3uo1_400.gif
didgeboy287
I had to watch that long gif again to make sure I saw a car NOTICE something then JUMP over it.
AncientSeraph
That thing will definitely jump off a cliff due to an ill-placed rock at some point.
myUsernameWasAlreadyTakenAndIHaveAcceptedMyFate
if you're driving fast enough for it to be able to jump over something, chances are you'll fall off that cliff anyway
TimmyDuncan
Imagine making it to the other side though!
twozerooz
Not quite. A lot of highways have bends in them that can easily be made at speed, unless the car jumps, then it will lose traction
UhtredSonOfUhtred
MFW https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEG6d3LWoAAcrog.jpg
ThisIsBrandNewInformation
What the fucking what!?
UonlyThinkyourDead
http://imgur.com/JViOFol
snaggletoof
I hope Technology gets well, soon!
FN2187n
+1 but I hate you for this
t0x1c1T
Shit comment upvote whoring
FN2187n
+1 to brighten your day
burnydog
Dare we? Without sufficient reason?
threyon
KITT, Turbo Boost!
momoranger
and the thing is that this is old, i think they made this in the 90s, but wasn't made commercial because of it's cost
Tigerbait11
They picked that up from Mario cart
PirateBot
Did it fuckin' jump it.... me God technology be fuckin' sick
FirstAidPoetry
That's no pirate. That's Hermes!
Tkeleth
daddit fookin' joomp i'? meh God te'nology's fookin' seeeeeck
daleearnhardt
Upvoted you, not the other guy
magnetude
Ay mate, it bloody did
AsksTooManyQuestions
Cosmogonic
that was 20 years ago. it ate too many $'s and was 2 heavy 2 sell, even for heavy high end cars.. it's used for truck seats now.
Cosmogonic
the vid is a recent re-enactment. this tech uses a lot of rare alloys, afaik.
Cereaza
"Looks like them Duke boys gone done it again."
UTav8r
Pretty cool considering this was in the 90s
died0
How the fuck does it recognise that thing.
CoffeeIsTasty
Either quantum physics or magnets.
c1328chase
I understand quantum physics...but fucking magnets, how do they work?
craaaaaaaaaaaaig
Nobody knows. It's like fucking magic or something like that.
CoffeeIsTasty
I don't know.. Ask Sheppard, he seems to know!
Protocol73
+1
IWasToldThereWouldBePie
Read this before the gif got there... Thought you were full of shit. My apologies. Now, my flabber is fully gasted.
drenix
We're close to having real Metal Slug tanks
makingaruckus
Get away drivers wont have to work about hitting a spike strip.
makingaruckus
Worry*
TheGreatBlueHeron
My get-away car is finally ready.
Craftworks
Source 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSi6J">6J-QK1lw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSi6J-QK1lw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_suspension
philstuf
Trouble is, it's Bose. If it is like every other Bose product I have used, it'll break after 3 days after the warranty is up...
Hellomellow
My boss earplugs I use every day has been working fine for 5 years now.
LarryLevine
bought my Bose Acoustimass kit in Riyadh in 1995, still works. yay.
AeroEngineer
You realize that's the point of a warranty, right? The warranty is promising it will last "at least this long", nothing more.
glassweaver
Would you continue buying the same brand phones & computers if they only lasted a little over a year when everyone else lasts way longer?
philstuf
This is the reason I have never "owned" Bose products. I did a hell of a lot of repairs on them, though... lol.
UnforsakenClamtrap
Time the jump perfectly and you can avoid the blue shells
MrDustey
this is actually a pretty old repost, so it's been around for a while. Check out 3 printed magnets though
reallylamelol
Now you can jump to slide around corners like in Mario kart! The time we live in...
chesis
wadatahmydamie
Looks like them Duke Boys are mildly inconvenienced
Generricwhiteman
JasonForge
A damn shame you're buried.
umpbumpfizz
Gold. God damn golden comment I tell you
Harrynandex
tehzpoon
Here here!
capflavex
It hops man, it hops!
ODSTsRule
I just had to imagine an ambulance jumping over these fucking speed bumps.
bray10
Can someone explain this tech to me?? Pls
TangoIndiaTangoSierra
Can we not smush dead animals and get their stino in the car anymore please
IamNotAnAlien
shit looking body though
thelaaaaaw
Imagine hitting a jump and the car jumps at the end to make a bigger air time.
fuzzywhiterabbit
That's kind of Rad.
BimmerFarm
Even more impressive considering this is like a decade old.
massakayne
Yeah this video is so old it probably has grandkids now.
MuchConfuseChrisBale
achievingyogurt
The Transporter.
thelimygreenguy
Car did an olie
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skorpz
Yeah fuck that cunt
youarecool
dammit that's what I was gonna say. +1 to you sir.
Fochit
Ollie* boy-o
LiterallyYourMom
Now let's see it do a fakie to 50/50 nosegrind.
Corman71
more like a bunny hop
unseenkiller
*Collie
Kaurakexi
Next I want to see a kikfip.
haquie
Chevy did one with a sonic was part of an ad campaign
Martecles
It's a motorcycle so it's not quite there yet....
MattSolotaire
That's amazing
t0x1c1T
*kekflip
PersephoneGoddessOfSpring
top kekflip
IllegalDuckling
Woah there, technology isn't THAT far yet.
ishigidydigidy
Pretty sure Ryan Dunn already tried that and it didn't end too well for him.
craaaaaaaaaaaaig
talkingtothepast
essemundum
Signed in just to upvote you
ishigidydigidy
Thanks m8 :)
WallpaperProblems
0_0 I need that car now!
NopeBusToFuckThatVille
No more slowing down for speed bumps.
JohnnySooshi
I mean not really. It's electromagnetic. So most likely that was a metal bar. Different from a concrete speed bump.
didgeboy287
That does sound like a valid question, so I'm hoping it can tell the difference between a board and a bump.
concaveUsurper
Well it did fine with the wavy strips and the triangular bumps, though those were slower....
didgeboy287
I think that's what NopeBus' criticism is. It DID do fine with the strips, and glided right over at speed. I bet there's an answer online.
didgeboy287
https://www.cnet.com/news/boses-amazing-car-suspension/ Short answer? Too heavy and expensive, nothing yet on speed bumps.
TrustMeImTheDoctor
My apartment complex has a shit ton of speed bumps. I want this shit.
LN2S
You have speed bumps in your apartment?
TrustMeImTheDoctor
Good grief, people are harsh! I got the joke
LN2S
Hey it's a joke don't downvote this
Chronicupvoteraddict
There you go I up voted this one!
Generricwhiteman
videoface
I've totally lost respect for him when I read he's a climate change denier.
DownWithATT
Or children
cptwott
*BUMP
Mini007
Or protesters blocking traffic
NopeBusToFuckThatVille
Amen.
CaptGunpowder
Inlaws
Obandigo
When I read a sign that says "Slow Children At Play" I like to see how slow they truly are.
Ifichaseitimgonnafuckit
Or how fast you can make them go.
princessswan
Bridden
Jokes on you, I've never slowed down for children.
snajgela
I guess this thing will be popular in China
SoftBonez
tomato tomato
DoctorOfWumbology
Especially the children!
Juuurth
Will somebody please think of the children!
SerOddgar
I'll think of a scoring system based on children vehicular fatalities. Is that good enough?
Justexactlyhowlongcanthesenamesbe
Same thing.
REDF0RMANSF00T
Not since the accident
z3lfmoord
This is my favorite chain so far.
ScaryScarab
I like the cut of your jib!
MyImgurBroke
What's a jib?
da1uhidefrom
Hands off my jib.
BOBNOBODY
SoftwareEngineerWithNotEnoughSalary
Why is this a comment? Idc, repost this lol
NyanDroid
Phenomenal
SnepInTime
Nice :D
SeriouslyRad
Holy shit +1
Warlordzeddicus
Do you have a source for the original video? Please and thank you! <3
BOBNOBODY
https://youtu.be/Ei_ulqzA1zc
Warlordzeddicus
Thank you sir. I owe you.
BOBNOBODY
Pleasure
ITLKSEZ
That never gets old
Xraygenic
Glad the dog did though