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    "Sky Pod" System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods

    Ride the MagLev Train from One Fake Place to Another

    Is the U.S. the Least Futuristic Country?
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    Image of My_Latest_Incarnation My_Latest_Incarnation
    09/19/09

    In reply to "Sky Pod" System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods

    So NASA invented a ski lift?
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    09/19/09

    @My_Latest_Incarnation: I think -- though it isn't clear -- that there's plans for more than one line that the pods can switch between.

    But your picture reminded me of happy kid days at Disneyland, so yay.
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    09/19/09

    In reply to "Sky Pod" System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods
    Would love to have, but we'll never get it.
    Why? i09 says [io9.com]

    Could be because we just lack the money, could be because we just have a bunch of ass holes planning things.

    Remember after WW II much of Europe was in shambles and had to be rebuilt (with our money I mght add).
    They rebuilt with modernism in mind especially Germany and Japan, because they knew they had to compete with the rest of the world
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    Image of honeybee111 honeybee111
    09/19/09

    In reply to "Sky Pod" System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods
    I think this idea has been around for awhile. Didn't they use it as part of the design for Syndrome's hideout island in "The Incredibles"? It's a cool idea.
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    Image of Stephen Goldmeier Stephen Goldmeier
    10/02/09

    @honeybee111: you are right! i totally missed that! the pod rail thing in "the incredibles" was awesome.
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    09/18/09

    In reply to "Sky Pod" System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods
    why haven`t gone to mars yet ? or least have shipping yard in space .
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    Image of Jeriba Jeriba
    09/18/09

    In reply to "Sky Pod" System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods
    The problem I see is, unless you're riding in your own personal pod from home, you're still going to be sitting in an enclosed space with whatever foul stench the previous occupant of the pod was wallowing in.

    I was on a city bus earlier today, so I know what I'm talking about.
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    Image of Alizarin Alizarin
    09/18/09

    @Jeriba: Needing to carry febreeze is a small price to pay for not having to deal with my elderly, obese clown stalker for a day.
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    Image of Adah Adah
    09/19/09

    @Jeriba: I feel you. I've seen homeless men actually clear busses.
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    Image of ExtensionOfBob ExtensionOfBob
    09/19/09

    @Jeriba: I also imagine the lines could get long during rush hour. I'm not British. I don't know how to queue.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/19/09

    @Jeriba: Between "eau de homeless fat guy" and "bimbo who wears too much cheap perfume", it's gonna be grim.
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    Image of Antonio Antonio
    09/18/09

    In reply to "Sky Pod" System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods
    We're almost done with the first decade of the new millennium. I want my flying car already!
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    09/18/09

    @Antonio: Me Too !!!
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    Image of iCurmudgeon iCurmudgeon
    09/18/09

    In reply to Is the U.S. the Least Futuristic Country?
    Reminds me of the pods in Logan's Run.
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    Image of Tom Chiverton Tom Chiverton
    09/18/09

    In reply to "Sky Pod" System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods
    a "awkward, cramped box filled with strangers" ? That's my family you're talking about :-)
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    09/18/09

    @Tom Chiverton: Or your average carpool.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/18/09

    In reply to "Sky Pod" System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods
    So is this similar to the other ones we once saw here before. The pedal powered ones! This looks better, personal but without the pedal sweat.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/18/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I knew these looked familiar. This article says it's a cramped box of strangers, but at least they're not going to be drenched in sweat and puffing (at least not just to move the thing).
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