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There wasn't a Dutch university available?
by wdb 5y ago
There wasn't a Dutch university available?
- Maarten88 5y agoI think the problem was there wasn't a US canal available. Seriously: this shows to me that people will use any infrastructure that is most convenient/fast for them. If there are highways people will drive. Build public transport and people will use that. Build bike paths and people will bike. If you have canals like Amsterdam, well... Canals are probably not very fast nor scalable for mass transit, but they may be useful for transporting heavy things.
- hunterb123 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_canals_in_the_United_States#Transportation_canals_in_operation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_canals_in_the_United_S...
- lowkey_ 5y agoThis is intended as an autonomous taxi, designed for a sprawling urban canal system like Amsterdam. All those canals you've linked are absolutely nothing like the intended definition.
- hunterb123 5y agoThe ones I linked are for transportation, you could make autonomous ships and test them in canals for cargo, doesn't have to be for passengers. GP said there aren't canals in America, was simply pointing out there are.
- Gys 5y agoWas wondering the same. Originally some were involved according to this 2016 article: https://www.technologyreview.com/2016/09/19/107644/fleets-of-robotic-boats-are-getting-ready-to-set-sail/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2016/09/19/107644/fleets-of...
- 908B64B197 5y agoI bet there are several Dutch on the team who decided to go to MIT instead of their local University.