floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agoSelf-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demandnewatlas.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down11cross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.worldtechnology@slrpnk.neturbanism@hexbear.net
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkSelf-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demandnewatlas.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square73fedilinkcross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.worldtechnology@slrpnk.neturbanism@hexbear.net
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 months agoFucking cowards https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro_monorail
minus-squareHawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoThe wheel is just there during the testing phase as a backup, seems the final pods don’t have it, as it would make the idea useless.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThat was my thought. and those pedal bikes with outrigger to run abandoned rail lines is already a thing
Self balancing with an Outrigger wheel
Fucking cowards
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro_monorail
The wheel is just there during the testing phase as a backup, seems the final pods don’t have it, as it would make the idea useless.
That was my thought. and those pedal bikes with outrigger to run abandoned rail lines is already a thing