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Pod and chips
One of the most useful pieces of journalistic wisdom is that, whenever you see a headline with a question mark at the end of it, you should try answering “no” to the question.
So it is with the BBC web site’s story “Are driverless pods the future?” which explains how the little pods that will be used at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 will work. We are directed to the schematic diagram of a pod at the bottom of the news story by Lucy Rodgers.
“It shows an outline of the pods, and along with helpful labels saying ‘front’ and ‘rear’ there is one pointing at the floor of the pod saying ‘software’,” she says. “It does not say if the software is actually contained in anything, maybe it’s a software gas that powers the vehicle? Or would that be vapourware?”
As the front, back and the software are the only three things labelled, we’re open to suggestions about how exactly the future’s transport systems will work. Your suggestions please.
This is more worrying than a clueless journalist. According to the original BBC story the source of the diagram is Advanced Transport Systems, the people who built it. If they haven't a clue as to how it works what hope have the BBC?
Posted by :Graham | January 17, 2008 10:59 AM