First high-speed rail, now sky trains! Well, sort of. Expanded plans for Sydney’s $8 billion rail link from Epping to the North West now include a 4km elevated section at Bella Vista. Pylons will run alongside Windsor Road to Rouse Hill, and though they won’t go over homes, the track will reportedly be close to some back yards. More »
Tripview gives you an easy way to work out if you should run to the train station to get that train, or simply wait in the pub another fifteen minutes. More »
I still can’t quite decide whether this single wheeled electric Ryno bike is cool, or stupidly dangerous. Then again, I can’t ride a unicycle, so what hope would I have on what amounts to an electric unicycle? More »
Maglev vehicles are undeniably cool. I’d assumed that Gizmodo would already have a writeup of Shanghai’s expensive but slightly pointless Maglev airport train, but I was wrong. So while I was in Shanghai last week, I took a little train trip. More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/8IIfH9Muh5k&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); The Trimtab looks like a smooth ride—and the user doesn’t seem to break a sweat, travelling at 30km/hr with nary a pedal. Imagine what he’d manage if he put some effort into it! [Losantiville via @seanchon via WIRED] More »
