Transport
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Helsinki City Council decides to favour automation of Metro. A fully automated system will be put in place by 2011 and will cost EUR 70 mln.
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[edit] The future of Transport
- Use of fibre gyros in car navigation
- Interactive vehicle highway systems. Various traffic information systems in use - these will help with navigation, traffic control, ETA, dynamic routing, monitoring, taxation and crime prevention/detection.
- Ships with super conductive electromagnetic thrust
- Fully automatic ships able to navigate and dock automatically
- Passenger planes with speed beyond Mach 4 and >300 capacity
[edit] Power Sources
- Energy provided by hydrogen fuel cells and/or solar power.
- Nuclear propulsion systems for various transport types
[edit] See Also
- Car - including self-driving cars.
- Maglev train - Super conductive magnetic levitation railways at 500km/h
[edit] Links
- The Gravity Train could provide transport between Madrid and Aukland in 42 mins, and using negligible fuel.
- UK foresight on transport - lots of good info, particularly Technology Forward Look.
