floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 month agoSelf-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demandnewatlas.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down10cross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.worldtechnology
arrow-up1199arrow-down1external-linkSelf-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demandnewatlas.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square79fedilinkcross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.worldtechnology
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoFucking cowards https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro_monorail
minus-squareHawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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