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Boatcar, Traveling Legs, and Other Innovations

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  • on May 8, 2009 at 2:01 pm

Boatcar, Traveling Legs, and Other Innovations

We asked the students of 826 in Los Angeles to imagine how we might get around in the future. Here’s what they came up with.

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The Transport of Future Past

  • Posted by: GOOD
  • on May 6, 2009 at 9:00 am

The Transport of Future Past

We have built ourselves into a mess. An over-abundance of demand for personal mobility is rapidly draining our supply of fossil fuels. How did we get here? One part of the answer lies with a group of men and women who, a half century ago and more put into the public record their ideas about what our future world should look like. Their visions—sleek lines, orderly grids, automated systems, and fantastic structures—influenced our modern transportation…

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Space Oddity

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  • on May 5, 2009 at 9:00 am

Space Oddity

We called a licensed Virgin Galactic travel agent to answer our burning questions about the company’s pioneering space-tourism trips.

GOOD: Let’s say I wanted to go into space—there are some things I’d want to know. For starters, how high will I go?

VIRGIN: The plane elevates 60,000 feet into space. Then the rocket sort of launches into space for 60 to 70 miles, at which point you’re floating out of your seat for a little while.

G: How long…

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The Future Is Wow

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  • on May 4, 2009 at 9:00 am

The Future Is Wow

What if the techy transportation of sci-fi movies isn’t as far-fetched as it seems? We asked Seth Shostak, scientist and film consultant, to rate them on a scale of 1 (“dream on”) to 10 (“totally feasible”). Bring on the levitating cars! Technology: Placing people in “stasis”—suspended animation—for.. Read & Discuss
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Build a Better Bike

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  • on May 2, 2009 at 9:00 am

Build a Better Bike

If your commute is too long for pedal power, just add a little juice to your ride. by Jason Cozens, as told to GOOD I’ve been an on-and-off bike commuter for about seven years. I enjoyed riding and being outside—not being confined inside a car—but I always showed up to work covered in sweat and beat.. Read & Discuss
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Buying the Best Bike For You

  • Posted by: Zach Dundas , Siobhan O'Connor
  • on May 1, 2009 at 9:00 am

Buying the Best Bike For You

A bike novice and a bike nerd talk cycling options. GOOD: I figured since you live in Portland, you must know everything there is to know about bikes. Can you help me pick one? ZACH DUNDAS: Ah, Portland’s reputation as the urban cyclist’s paradise precedes it, I see. Well, it is a pretty great bike.. Read & Discuss
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How to Choose the Right Alternative-fuel Car for You

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  • on April 30, 2009 at 7:23 pm

How to Choose the Right Alternative-fuel Car for You

Click above to launch our handy flowchart, “How To Choose the Right Alternative-Fuel Car For You.”

More Burning Questions About Alternative Fuel Vehicles:

Whatever happened to hydrogen?

The idea is great: Take the most abundant element in the universe, turn it silently into electricity, and the only byproduct is a wisp of steam. To its fans, the hydrogen fuel cell is a transportation miracle that will cork our carbon output and curb our addiction to foreign oil. To…

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Call In the Designers

  • Posted by: Geoff Wardle
  • on April 29, 2009 at 9:00 am

Call In the Designers

In any field, designers have to synthesize competing interests to come to an elegant solution. Imagine what they could do to transportation.

Centuries of artificially cheap energy have established an expectation of ubiquitous personal mobility and freight transportation in the developed economies of the world. This expectation has caused four problematic consequences: serious ecological degradation, urban congestion, human health issues, and rapid depletion of finite energy sources.

As developing economies aspire to the same levels of materialism and…

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Gallons to Go

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  • on April 28, 2009 at 9:00 am

Gallons to Go

Knowing your car’s miles per gallon isn’t going to get you very far. Last summer, Richard Larrick and Jack Soll, professors at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, published a paper arguing that Americans did not understand how fuel efficiency works. They found that most people assumed that improving a car’s.. Read & Discuss
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How To Double Your Car’s Fuel Economy Without Spending Any Money

  • Posted by: Zach Frechette
  • on April 27, 2009 at 9:00 am

How To Double Your Car’s Fuel Economy Without Spending Any Money

Hypermiling—the art of beating the fuel rating given to your car by the Environmental Protection Agency—has gone from a fringe hobby to a mainstream movement, thanks largely to recent high gas prices and concerns about the climate. Bolstered by the success of hybrid cars, hypermilers have been gathering.. Read & Discuss
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