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London Unveils New Driverless Subway Trains

Posted by samzenpus on from the running-on-time dept.

MikeChino writes London just unveiled its next-generation subway trains — and they're sleek, 100% automated, and WiFi-equipped. UK-based design studio Priestmangoode teamed up with Transport for London to develop the trains over a period of 3 years, and they feature open and airy interiors inspired by aviation design.

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  1. Aerodynamic design? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They are piston shaped on purpose, they actually are the main way to cause ventilation of air in/out of the underground.

  2. Re:I've been wondering why this took so long by pr0nbot · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Economist this week has a special report about how automation is going to make a lot of us unemployed, possibly in more permanent ways than previous industrial revolutions:

    http://www.economist.com/news/...