The Fancy Payment Cards of Taiwan
If you’re an old-schooler, you might still go to the local bar and pay for a beer with cash. You could even try and pay with a cheque, though the …read more Continue reading The Fancy Payment Cards of Taiwan
Tag Archives: Trains
British Train Departures As They Should Be Viewed
The first generation of real-time train information screens for British railways came in the form of suspended color CRTs in familiar rounded fiberglass housings. They were a ubiquitous sight across …read more Continue reading British Train Departures As They Should Be Viewed
This Week in Security: Trains, Fake Homebrew, and AI Auto-Hacking
There’s a train vulnerability making the rounds this week. The research comes from [midwestneil], who first discovered an issue way back in 2012, and tried to raise the alarm. Turns …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: Trains, Fake Homebrew, and AI Auto-Hacking
38C3: Lawsuits are Temporary; Glory is Forever
One of the blockbuster talks at last year’s Chaos Communications Congress covered how a group of hackers discovered code that allegedly bricked public trains in Poland when they went into …read more Continue reading 38C3: Lawsuits are Temporary; Glory is Forever
London’s “flawless” new train network wins UK’s top architecture prize
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named London’s Elizabeth Line rail transport network as the winner of the 2024 Stirling Prize, the UK’s most prestigious architecture award. The judges lauded its remarkable engineering achievement a… Continue reading London’s “flawless” new train network wins UK’s top architecture prize
London’s “flawless” new train network wins UK’s top architecture prize
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named London’s Elizabeth Line rail transport network as the winner of the 2024 Stirling Prize, the UK’s most prestigious architecture award. The judges lauded its remarkable engineering achievement a… Continue reading London’s “flawless” new train network wins UK’s top architecture prize
Watch BMX daredevil nail world-first moves on top of a moving train
Gold medal trick cyclist Dawid Godziek is no stranger to flying to twisty, hold-your-breath heights on his bike. But his latest ride, carried out atop a moving train, might be his most impressive accomplishment yet. And you can watch.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Watch BMX daredevil nail world-first moves on top of a moving train
Hydrogen or battery? World-first train glides along on either
The company that broke a Guinness World Record this year with its all-hydrogen train has just announced another world first. Stadler Rail has developed a fleet of train cars that can run on either hydrogen or battery power for branch rail services.Cont… Continue reading Hydrogen or battery? World-first train glides along on either
621-mph maglev vacuum train “T-Flight” test successful
In February of this year, we reported on the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, and its phase one testing of a low-vacuum-tube hyperloop-style maglev ultra-high-speed (UHS) train. In initial 1.24-mile-long (2-km) tests, the T-Flight hit … Continue reading 621-mph maglev vacuum train “T-Flight” test successful
Classic splitty VW camper bus still ready for van touring … by rail
Hearing tell of a steering wheel-free Volkswagen bus reminds us of the original 2017 ID Buzz concept and the autonomous future it portended. The steering wheel-less Klv-20, however, doesn’t hail from the future, but from the past … 70 years ago, to b… Continue reading Classic splitty VW camper bus still ready for van touring … by rail