Bose, the audio equipment manufacturer, also makes an active suspension system for cars. Unlike the hydraulics systems that are common today, Bose’s system uses electromagnets to raise or lower the wheels in response to bumps on the road.
Heck, it can even make your car jump or take a bow. See for yourself: hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – Thanks Algonkin!
K!P
i drove a citroen xantia activa once, had the same thing going on in corners only with pnuematic suspention, felt really weird when going into corners...you exceot it to tilt.
oh, mercedes ambulances also have this, on a ferry in a car deck bihind one, and it were ruff seas, it kept perfectly level 
the bose stuff looks quicker to respond to bumps tho...
artbot
Speed bumps are a real PITA. If I could just fly over them at 40mph, that would be great!
Chad
wow bose needs to seriously stop ATTEMPTING to make decent audio products and put all of their r&d dollars into this fulltime! This is seriously amazing!
andy
impressive.
Ant
The video reminds me of old Lexus TV ads. Did Lexus use this?
Sky
Yeah but do they sound good. . .
Scott K
Better video of the BOSE suspension system here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWRS-u5uipM
(Longer, more tests, in English.)
Only five or six total videos matching those search terms, oddly.
owen
Yay! Now people can ignore speed bumps and jump those strips police lay down to disable vehicles. Thanks Bose!
ciper
This is SOOOOOOOOOO old. I remember watching videos of this system at least 7 years ago if not more. Cool none the less.
Another "new" suspension system has been developed for military use with ferromagnetic fluid inside the struts allowing extreme differences in dampening. There are videos floating around the net of a HMMWV (or Humvee) using this system.
Ali S.
Hahahaha! I can just imagine the criminal elements scrambling to get a car with this suspension system to bypass road strips laid out by the Police. Tsk tsk. 
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