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

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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 year ago (3 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.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

It is a monorail, the outrigger is just for testing purposes. It's gyro stabilized. The tech has been around for more than 100 years, developers always wanted higher capacity which is problematic.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 15 points 1 year 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

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The arms connecting the 2nd rail are being used during testing.