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[–] 1 point 10 months ago

If you get off the train with your eyes closed you are at every station until you open them.

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  • 4 comments in c/london@feddit.uk view that post
    [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Fucking 2(!) videos start playing on that site, what the fuck.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I'd be more interested if they managed to invent tube trains which defy the rules of quantum mechanics.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Instead of relying on conventional sensors, these devices use clouds of atoms cooled to near absolute zero. At those temperatures, atoms start to behave strangely — acting as both particles and waves. As the atoms “fall” through a sensor, their wave patterns shift in response to acceleration. Using what’s effectively an ultra-precise optical ruler, the system can read these changes with extraordinary accuracy, without needing satellites at all.

    Is it really too much to place a 50p zigbee proximity sensor, at 100m intervals along a line, and mesh them together?

    The totality of tube line sprawl is near 400km[0]. Quick math:

    • 400e3/100 = 4000 sensors needed
    • 4000 * £0.50 = £2,000

    There, I just saved the goverment a million quid

    0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_infrastructure#Lines

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    [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I would rather see them following the timetable.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I too adhere to the laws of physics

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