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Comment It's not a train! (Score 1) 221

It's more like a grounded-airplane, or plane-on-a-rail.

mag-lev is mag-lev not only because it use mag to keep things on rail, but it's the propulsion source. Now that "train" thing is going to use turbo fan engine as the propulsion source, not wheel nor mag. So...hey it's really an airplane

Comment Think of those little routers! (Score 1) 376

99% of them will have to throw away.

Setting up tunneling behind those AP/Gateway router without explicit support is not easy. 6in4 tunneling - have to setup the WAN IP correctly, rinse and repeat for every computer behind.
6to4 would instantly work (maybe slow at start..but if ISP setup 192.0.2.42 gateway nearby) but also requires router (those who had WAN IP participation.
Last but not least - native IPv6 routing, also involve those little boxes...

Just hopes more IPv6 capable AP router show up on the market sooner. Then the data

Comment I don't realize you didn't realize eariler... (Score 1) 398

China forced all foreign willing to take a piece of cake in China to form with China's company. Not just train, but all the automobile players in China...

People couldn't figure that out that China is "learning" the technology along the way? Very much similar to Japan back in 50's I guess?

Comment Re:What about Wellington New Zealand? (Score 1) 168

Here in Beijing has a lot of trolley bus too. But they have to slow down to 10mph when crossing cable intersection or a switch, and most of them are in the road intersection...which blocks all the traffic behind.

Plus, you can't have too many bus running on the street, because apparently they can't overtake each other! Imagine in busy road section where there are 4 lanes filled with vehicles and 1.5 lanes of traffic are buses.

And I also wonder if it will interfere with double decker operation.

Lastly, I don't think the buses are doing regenerative brake yet. Maybe it's just not cost effective?

Comment Re:A Patent, you say? (Score 1) 112

I am surprised too!
and that's fantastic.

What I hate most with the pure touch screen phone is that it's lack of tactile feedback, say the bumps on the "5" key. Imagine if the button, virtual keyboard all could have texture, it would be much easier to use, touch typing on iPad would be possible.

Comment Re:Looks cool, but... (Score 3, Interesting) 371

I RTFA and the video.
It's sounds easier to upgrade then building subway.
In the video, the presenter said either rail on the level could be embedded (like light rail) to save energy, or have the bus run on wheel and follow solid white line painted on the road.

Energy are solved when the bus travels under the charge poles attached to light poles, as well as charging the super-capacitor at each station (BTW they are running super-capacitor bus in the Expo, Shanghai).

Comment Re:Truck "Repellent" System (Score 2, Informative) 371

I can read Chinese...well I mean I am a Chinese that RTA and let me do the translation for you.
Their answer is to have traffic light system that will allow the bus to turn in the intersection while stopping traffic that will be going straight through.
Also as you can see in the simulation, there are 4 lanes (In fact a lot of major local roads in Beijing are 4 lanes per direction, so does the beltway).

I wonder if you want to change lane from the inner two to the outer two...you gotta make the decision fast before the bus come!

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