Tech Digest says it's time to revive the Sinclair C5
The European tech blog Tech Digest saw fit to name the top 10 gadgets that are due for a revival. The Apple Newton and Etch-a-Sketch were mentioned but at Number 10 was the Sinclair C5. About 12,000 of these 3-wheeled electrified shopping carts were built in 1985. Before the year's end the company was out of business. Rightly so, it could be considered a forerunner to the Segway but the editors at Tech Digest think it could be brought back as a solar-powered vehicle. The original Sinclair used a washing-machine motor and deep-discharge 12-volt battery for power. I think technology has advanced a little since then.
[Source: Tech Digest]
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Mack 4:18AM (3/06/2007)
Personally,
I think the trolley is due for a big return in the urban and metropolitan areas. The money wasted with cars in time wasted is only surpassed by the damage that the auto brings to the enviroment.
Cars that get great mpg will not help the traffic jams that last for half a day or longer in metropolitan areas.
I think that the auto is headed for the days that Ford intended the auto for. Vacations.
Cars are a lot of fun, but they are not great or even good at mass transportation. They suck.
Gridlock is what cars do. Or is it the drivers? Whatever the case, it is an incredible amount of wasted time and energy.
It is time to go back to the future?
And it is time for a lot of Americans to start working closer to home.
Jake
Just like I want the latest highest performance processor, I also want the best transportation system possible.
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