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They're still robotic and modern]]>Aug 18th 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
A large-scale, automated, intelligent system of electric pods allowing delivery of occupants within a block or two of any address in a city would provide the best of both worlds. Sadly, I doubt any city is willing or able to invest in the infrastructure needed, fight the unions, etc. At least not during my lifetime.

Plus there would be the inevitable tragedy and subsequent when the system became self aware and utilized its halon gas fire suppression system to rid itself of all the parasites...]]>Aug 18th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
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I would love this kind of transportation but, things fall apart once people are involved. Perhaps our robot overlords can control us in better than we do ourselves.]]>Aug 18th 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
I saw Logan's Run in the theater -- a movie theater with only one screen! And no, I won't tell you how old that makes me.]]>Aug 18th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 4:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
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Now where's the Star Trek Transporter so i don't have to sit on a plane for an hour?]]>Aug 18th 2009 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
Actually, that's not true, if it's only an hour flight I'm driving.]]>Aug 18th 2009 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/]]>Aug 18th 2009 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 5:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
Things are always much smoother with robots in charge.

As long as you don't conflict with their programming and cause a fatal contradiction that results in the pod suffocating the occupants,.]]>Aug 18th 2009 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
are you planning to make that transportation podcast you talked about in an earlier episode?

Cheers]]>Aug 18th 2009 5:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 5:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
OK, the pods themselves might not emit much, but that electricity has to come from somewhere you know. Electric doesn't mean green, it just moves carbon emissions somewhere else until that source is sorted out too.

It looks neat though, but knowing the UK government either nobody will fork out the money to make a mass-roll out or it'll be several billion more quid and a decade later than expected.]]>Aug 18th 2009 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/]]>Aug 18th 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/may/27/umbria.italy

Not just for suits either, but for all the rest of us, at €1 per journey.]]>Aug 18th 2009 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
Although in seriousness - how long until this actually gets built at heathrow?

If you're gonna lay the tracks why not just integrate it with the existing underground system? Or make it like the DLR?]]>Aug 18th 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/Aug 18th 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
You've never used T5 before have you? The chances of you and your luggage arriving at the same time in the same place are remote.]]>Aug 18th 2009 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/heathrow-taxi-pods-become-a-glorious-driverless-reality/
Currently, the only really annoying thing about T5 is the messy security check, especially when connecting from one of the other terminals.]]>Aug 18th 2009 9:40AM