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Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand (newatlas.com)

submitted 6 months ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/technology@slrpnk.net

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 26 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Its kinda cool how by making it mono-rail, they can use a single track rail to have pods moving in both directions, and the rail could still be used during the night for regular cargo trains.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It looks monorail at first but if you look closer its not.

I also wouldn’t want to be the forgetful dumb person that forgot how late it was before taking this thing home because those cargo trains ain't gonna stop.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 14 points 6 months ago

It actually is monorail. It looks like the stabilizing arm is for when the vehicle is off and not moving. It uses a gyroscope while moving for stabilization

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