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  • 29 May 08
    gpedwards
    Geoff Edwards

    Cargo Cap's genius lies in its simplicity. Beneath city streets would run a series of tunnels. An electric monorail system would be built to run sealed capsules guided by computers and sensors, each carrying up to 600kg in weight. The plan is for them to run, in tens of thousands, 24 hours a day, gliding silently direct to delivery points.

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