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    corpore-metal: Look, it's easy for the Internet peanut gallery (Of which I am a proud member.) to shoot down all the flaws of this system but-- We have to admit that... more »
    Grey_Area: With every one of these design concepts we're getting closer to Logan's Run in the Persian Gulf. Annalee, have you seen the designs for Carousel yet? more »
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I don't know about other cities, but In the several that I've lived in these would soon become the personal toilets of street denizens. more »
    strider_mt2k: Now THAT'S Pod Racing! more »
    Klebert L. Hall: The idea that they have these things running on internal batteries is ludicrous. That makes the system useless, all by itself. -Kle. more »
    KhaiJB: ....who keeps singing MONORAIL! every time I read this article? more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: No offense to WV, but I find it hilarious that this super futuristic mode of transportation only exists there so far. "It's one of them FLYING CARS!!!... more »
    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Hah, I had an idea very much like this. I am glad that engineers are working hard to realize even my most outlandish thoughts. more »
  • #podcars

    Personalized Podcars Float Over Abu Dhabi

    A Jetsons-style transit system is set to roll out around Masdar City - electric, elevated podcars that can carry a few passengers at a time around the city, between several customizable destinations. More »
  • #architecture

    World's First Zero-Carbon, Zero-Waste City

    Imagine a city built from the ground-up to use recycled materials and eschew carbon emissions. Next year, it may be real. The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi has an ambitious project underway to create the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste city by 2009. They're hoping to build this city in the immediate vicinity of the Institute by transforming research facilities, labs, shops, residential units for employees and students, etc. into a carless, compact, reduce-reuse-recycle heaven. More »
  • #architecture

    Abu Dhabi's Shiny New Oceanfront Created via Environmental Computer Modelling

    From the architecture firm that brought you Kazhakstan's alien ship building comes a new design for the Abu Dhabi World Trade Center. Using high-tech environmental computer analysis that takes into consideration the complex climate and topography of Al Raha Beach, Foster + Partners created this bright-but-cool, airy-but-windproof, asymmetrical-but-functional, and very futuristic-looking building. More »