A new type of motor...

Ecclesiastes 1:10
"Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? ..."

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2001/nf20010118_014.htm

Since the permanent magnets are in the rotor rather than the stator,
I'm thinking it would make an interesting spindle motor which would not
only rotate the cutter (or the workpiece in a lathe), but also give you
two additional degrees of freedom.

Matt