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more about #maglev more comments → Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Maglev cars that drive themselves would be great, thanks. But no talking. more » beercheck: The fiction: SecureFoam more » Pessimippopotamus: When do we get these then? more » LittleDragon: I love Top Gear. Those boys are a riot. more » MonkeyT: When it comes to mag-lev train safety, I know of only one accident in the history of mag-lev, and that was caused by a conventional truck hitting the ... more » Klebert L. Hall: High speed rail would be nice, but we really, really, suck at implementing passenger rail in the US. To actually do it right, we'd have to build new ... more » Bootknife-Jackson: still further is the fact that passenger trains are often forced to idle on the tracks for up to an hour while freight traffic is given higher priorit... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Do French farmers still throw crap on the TGV tracks because they feel the high speed trains adversely affect their crops? Irrational prejudice again... more » Yamazaki-kun: We've got quite a few roadblocks in the way of high-speed passenger rail in the US. The main ones: * Amtrak's purpose, at least as Congress sess it, ... more » Makidian: I wish they would connect Dayton and Cincy along I-75 with some sort of train system that way commuting for my wife would carve 75% of her daily trip ... more » killgore_the_conqueror: 60 days to reach the moon? more like 2 and half days. from the earth to the moon (center to center) is 238857 miles. if you're going 4000 miles an ... more » Roklimber: "The Obama Administration has pledged to make as much as $13 billion worth of stimulus money available for high speed rail projects" That money will ... more » My_Latest_Incarnation: So NASA invented a ski lift? more » phoghat: 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 o... more » honeybee111: 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... more » -
#futuretransportation
Your Future Automotive Awesomeness: Fiction vs. Reality
The car's come a long way since Ford started mass production 100 years ago, but science fiction takes transportation even further. Here are six scenarios for the future of driving, and the real-life developments that could make them happen. More » -
#futuretransportation
Super High Speed Trains Might Be A Part Of Your Future Holiday Travel Plans
Since many Americans spent part of the last few days traveling home for Thanksgiving on trains, Scientific American chose to mark the occasion with an in-depth report on the future of rail travel. The future looks promising... and fast. More » -
#futurecommute
"Sky Pod" System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods
Using NASA-designed software, Unimodal Systems has designed a solution to some of the major hassles in commuting. Their sky pods can take individuals or small groups straight to their destinations, with no stops and no other creepy passengers. More »
