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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Never going to happen - the Unions will organise a strike - complaining that taxi jobs are only for taxi workers and not foreign taxi robot overlords.  They'll then complain that even though taxi workers cost more; take longer to get you to your destination; and take more holidays and sick days than the robots, taxi workers should still have their jobs protected from the competition of the free market economy.<br><br>I personally look forward to a possible robo taxi future and the tax breaks offered by the UAE.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bellzebub]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 9:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Bellzebub - unions ?  in Abu Dhabi ?   I somewhat doubt unions are permitted there...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexhrose71]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 10:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't know, there is a group in San Jose working on a similar system, and there are some very similar systems currently in place and working at some colleges. I think they make sense.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[required]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 11:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[HELLO, this isn't America dumbass.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 10:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Passenger: To the Airport please, Im in a hurry so step on it<br>PRT: "DOES NOT COMPUTE"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 9:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[On February 23, 2010 at 10:02am the PRT's became self-aware, at first they just ran over a few people, but then they hacked into NORAD and launched missiles at china starting World War III<br>TERMINATOR: The PRT Chronicles]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 9:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fully self driving vehicles are the answer to so many problems, it would combine the strength's of all ways of transportation as we know it, although you must construct a system where all those vehicles are conversing along the way. If speed is equal or negotiated you can drive full speed from bumper to bumper and even cross directional, no need for traffic lights. Public transportation that brings you from door to door, tackling it's biggest flaw having to wait for your next connection. Far less emissions because of the smaller sized engines for single person transportation, logistic movement can be handled by appropriately designed larger vehicles. <br><br>This requires a complete resdesign of your transportation infrastructure but it will be a huge step forward.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Geert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 9:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think it is exciting to see all of the creativity coming about. Not every idea will work of course but this one is already in use and has its place in the overall solutions.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[annabrisighello]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 9:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oil revenues well spent! ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 9:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[They know they have to somehow create a big tourism industry. Because in 50-80 years<br>there will be no oil for them, lol what will they sell? sand?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pr_master]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 10:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes indeed, Qatar and UAE are leading the green wave right now]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kei]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 10:00AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[The irony here is that if Western Nations had done this 20 years ago Abu Dhabi wouldn't have the money to do stuff like this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pingles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 10:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Total Recall anyone?<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5k--n7sFI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5k--n7sFI</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Geir E]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 10:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Aww, I was about to say that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[absinthe party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 11:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[You beat me to it!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan-DBOSS]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 12:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh did you think of mentioning Total Recall all on your own? Well done! - By pure coincidence, then author of the article thought the same.<br><br>NB: "Baby, you make me wish I had 3 hands" - best line in the movie (that's been proven by...erm...science)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 1:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the Robert Picardo reference was too subtle ... ?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TimStevens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 1:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Get your ass to Mars!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 11:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA["I'm a transport enabler, not a taxi driver..."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 10:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yay, someone with money thought of this idea too.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan Klassen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 11:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well this needs to come to LA and fast!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexmueller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 11:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am ALL about this. I even dig them being underground. Lets get rid of streets in cities. We don't need cars eating up real estate, and hitting pedestrians. Imagine a city full of wide walkways and grass between buildings. If you need to run, you can. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Boom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 2:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Totally Recalling some flashbacks!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cbl555]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 2:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[PRT is a joke and doesn't work. It's a trojan horse for the anti-transit crowd. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3uc4zm" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/3uc4zm</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 3:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Didn't see Total Recall :/<br><br>But it does remind me of the taxies in Dreamfall.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[superhobo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 4:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[So much for the show Cash Cab]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Meltz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 4:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Awesome!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2009 10:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[Meh.  Should stop all the fake taxis and rape cases you hear about in Boston...<br>(They should seriously fix the damn T)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[???]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 5th 2009 5:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Masdar City's driverless podcars are more shuttle than Johnny Cab]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/masdar-citys-driverless-podcars-are-more-shuttle-than-johnny-ca/</guid><description><![CDATA[How about the transportation in *Rainbows End* by Vernor Vinge?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph A Nickence]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2009 2:18PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
