He Built a 120,000-Pound Magnet: The North Idaho Inventor Rethinking What Magnets Can Do | Evan Trevors

What if you could take an incredibly powerful permanent magnet, turn its force on and off without continuously using electricity, and use it to solve real-world problems in aviation, manufacturing, transportation, and national defense?That’s exactly what Evan Trevors, founder of Lantha Tech, is working on right here in North Idaho.In this episode of the North Idaho Experience Podcast, we sit down with Evan to explore the technology behind Lantha Tech’s high-performance switchable permanent magnets—and quickly discover that magnets are far more powerful, complex, and important to modern life than most of us realize.Evan shares how an idea that started with finding a better way to secure equipment in the back of a truck evolved into technology capable of producing extraordinary magnetic force. One of Lantha Tech’s biggest applications is a 10-foot runway sweeper generating roughly 120,000 pounds of pull force, designed to collect dangerous metal Foreign Object Debris (FOD) that can damage aircraft and multimillion-dollar jet engines.But runway safety is only the beginning.We dive into:• How Evan went from Alberta’s oil fields to developing advanced magnetic technology• How switchable permanent magnets work without continuous electrical power• Why picking up tiny pieces of metal at highway speeds is far harder than it sounds• The massive cost of Foreign Object Debris on airport runways• Why rare-earth magnets are becoming critical to U.S. manufacturing and national defense• America’s dependence on foreign rare-earth processing• The role magnets play in EVs, motors, wind turbines, electronics, aviation, and everyday technology• Why Evan believes better magnetic designs could reduce dependence on scarce materials• Maglev trains, railguns, space travel, MRI machines, motors, and the future of magnetic technology• Why unconventional thinkers sometimes solve problems traditional experts consider impossible• What it means to build advanced manufacturing and technology companies in North IdahoEvan is a self-taught innovator who approaches engineering from a simple perspective: find the problem, build something, test it, fail, learn, and keep iterating until it works.And what he and his team are building at Lantha Tech could have applications far beyond airport runways.If you love technology, engineering, entrepreneurship, aviation, manufacturing, American innovation, or discovering the fascinating companies being built in North Idaho, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.Follow the North Idaho Experience Podcast for more conversations with the entrepreneurs, innovators, business owners, and interesting people shaping North Idaho.Contact Lantha Techhttps://lanthatech.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/northidahoexperience/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/northidahoexperienceYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHz9XczupyJ93VRtqfQEW-gFor the most up-to-date real estate listings check out our North Idaho Experience mobile app - click above to start searching today!https://apps.apple.com/us/app/north-idaho-experience/id6755906887Grab our Relocation Guide: https://sholink.to/RelocationYour Ultimate Selling Game Plan guide: https://sholink.to/Sellerguide💼 Interested in sponsoring a future episode or collaborating with us?Email us at [email protected] 🛠 For Real Estate Services or Questions:Contact us at [email protected]: 208-618-4421Sponsored by:North Idaho Arms, LLC4013 West Riverbend Avenue, Post Falls, Idaho 83854(208) [email protected]://northidahoarms.com/Finding Freedom Idaho INCEqual housing opportunity======