monorail

Thursday, July 24, 2008
Vehicles

Crazy Human-Powered Monorail Would Deliver You to Work in a Sweaty Capsule

6:20AM Adam Frucci | How’s this sound: rather than hopping on the subway, when in a large city you’d hop into a little pod hanging from an elevated track. It would have pedals. You would then pedal yourself around the city, working up a lovely sweat before you reached your destination. Sound good? No? More »
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Design

Comfy IKEA Train Makes Me Want to Move to the Subway

9:30PM Jesus Diaz | IKEA has outfitted a train in Kobe with sofas and curtains—probably with names like Oompa-loompa, Svenssonjohansensson, Frida, and Bucarest. Unfortunately, the makeover is temporary, to mark the opening of a new shop in the city. Good, because otherwise I would move to live in there. I will miss my stair bookcase, yes, but I would make as many one-serving friends per hour as the number of pictures in the gallery after the jump. More »
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Friday, February 15, 2008
Vehicles

Lyle Lanley Sells Futuristic Rail System to Ann Arbor, Detroit

3:15AM Adam Frucci | Update: Unsurprisingly, this is bunk, as confirmed by Ann Arbor officials. But hey, the concept is still… interesting. Everybody knows that the biggest, most bustling cities in America are Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan. You know what they say: “If you can make it in Ann Arbor, you can make it anywhere!” That’s why it makes perfect sense that there are plans underway to build an insane futuristic transport system between the two cities. More »
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