An Array of Utopian Flowers
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Big Noise from Big Band Drummer Gene Krupa
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Loose Nuts: Edison Reveals Huge Gap in Safety at San Onofre
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The US Shame of My Lai in Vietnam
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The Lucrative and Violent Curse of Coltan Mining in Congo
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Iannis Xenakis and the Notion of a Cosmic Utopia
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Autonomous Cars Will Drive Sustainable Cities Backward
Posted on March 26, 2017 | No CommentsUrban sustainability depends upon reducing energy from automobile usage and maximizing transportation efficiency through public trains, streetcars, electric buses, and people movers. The companies developing autonomous cars could not care less: they offer on-demand private transport for the masses, with specific intent to move people back to cars.Pod Cars: Autonomous Vehicles vs. Personal Rapid Transit
Posted on February 17, 2015 | 4 CommentsThe age of the pod car might be upon us, but not necessarily as the long-envisioned Personal Rapid Transit. Good for amusement parks and Google's main campus, as well as small newly-built cities or airport shuttles, PRT systems have too many limitations in dense urban areas. The real future for the pod car, like it or not: Autonomous (Self-Driving) Vehicles.