[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] THIS IS COOL ... (but not real)
Allan Sherman
allanpsherman at gmail.com
Mon Jun 8 19:36:45 PDT 2020
Here is an article from 2017 debunking this and similar proposals:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/27/16203096/traffic-gyroscopic-vehicle-concept-ridiculous-ideas-video-watch
Al
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 2:28 PM George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com> wrote:
> I have seen something similar proposed in China or Singapore but instead
> of riding on wheels in the center, it had two outer set of wheels like a
> catamaran. Also simulation but maybe they have a prototype
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> *From:* David Wiederspahn <dwiedertoo at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, June 8, 2020 10:07 PM
> *To:* George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com>
> *Cc:* jjrudy1 at comcast.net; Lex Computer Group <LCTG at lists.toku.us>; Jason
> Feightner <jf8ner at hotmail.com>; Judy Mir <judithmir at me.com>; Janice and
> Harry Tagen <janicetagen at metrocast.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] THIS IS COOL ...
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> If you look at the last frame of the video when it stops, it is clearly a
> CGI (Computer Generated Image). If you replay the video, you can see other
> indications of it being CGIs, especially in the pedestrians. An interesting
> concept but I don't see how it would work, at least the part of a
> severely top heavy load balancing on line contact while making dynamic
> turns. I guess a massive, vertical axis gyroscope could manage it but,
> while an interesting concept, I don't think it would be ultimately
> practical. If the hovering drone part could work, why not just fly it to
> the fire?
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> David Wiederspahn
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> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 9:49 PM George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com> wrote:
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> But is it real or just a proposal on a drawing board?
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> *From:* LCTG <lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com at lists.toku.us> *On Behalf
> Of *jjrudy1 at comcast.net
> *Sent:* Monday, June 8, 2020 9:18 PM
> *To:* Lex Computer Group <LCTG at lists.toku.us>; Jason Feightner <
> jf8ner at hotmail.com>; Judy Mir <judithmir at me.com>; Janice and Harry Tagen <
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> *Subject:* [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] THIS IS COOL ...
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> This is unbelievable!!
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> John Rudy
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