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Subterranean robot train to beat the jams
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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Put broadband in sewers to cope with burgeoning demand
Ofcom's sample survey will look at sewers, telecoms ducts, water and energy systems and the existing telecoms infrastructure system throughout the country.
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Broadband cables should be put in sewers to help cope with the soaring demand for online video content, media regulator Ofcom is saying.
The idea, already embraced in European cities including Paris, was floated today by Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards as part of a survey that will be carried out of the UK's existing underground telecoms infrastructure.
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