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Bullet Train Thermometer

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In Japan they have lightning fast bullet trains (aka Shinkansen) moving people all around the country at high speeds. Since we don’t have those here in America, here’s what you can do to spark your child’s imagination. Wait until the kid is sick, then take out the Bullet Train Thermometer Bullet Train Thermometer to take their temperature. In their fever-crazed dream-like state, they will believe that they actually were traveling at hyper-speeds across the globe.
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Of course once the Tylenol kicks in they can go back to plodding along slowly like our lame American trains (Mommy, what’s a train?). That’s why the most famous train for American kids is Thomas..he’s sooooo slow. Perfect plan. Comes in three different bullet train styles too. (via inventorspot)

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Well Timed Closure

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The Subway Signal Light is a digital sand timer that intuitively changes color from green, to amber to red, informing the passenger through passive visual clues, that the doors to the train are about to close. As far as subway safety is concerned, you can’t be too safe. Just the other day I saw a lady get caught between doors because she tried to rush through the doors at the last minute. Hopefully visual clues will help people understand better that green says go and red says STOP!

Designer: Hyun Ju Park

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Japan unveils prototype of new maglev train, promises speeds of up to 311 mph

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DNP Japan unveils prototype of its first maglev train, promises 311 mph speeds

More than a year after the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tokai) received construction approval to get going on its maglev railways, it has finally unveiled a Series L0 prototype that would put its current bullet train system to shame. Designed to travel at 311 mph, a single one of these high-speed marvels is designed to carry about 16 carriages, which translates to about 1,000 commuters. While Japanese travelers already enjoy a speedy 90-minute trip from Tokyo to Nagoya, this new maglev system promises to cut that journey to just 40 minutes. Announced nearly five years ago, the project has since been extended to include an Osaka-Tokyo leg and will cost around nine trillion yen (approximately $112 billion) when all is said and done. Don't pack your bags just yet though; the maglev's Nagoya rail isn't scheduled to go live until 2027, and the boarding call for Osaka isn't until 2045. Of course, if you need to ride electromagnetic rails now, there's always China's Shanghai Transrapid, which has been ferrying passengers to and fro the Pudong airport since 2004 -- it once reached speeds of 501km/h (311mph). China's even planning a whopping 1,000 km/h vacuum-tube maglev train in just a year or so. Of course, those of us on the other end of the Pacific are still waiting for that long-delayed California-Nevada maglev project to work out. Sigh.

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YouTube Japan adds new ‘original content’ channels: trains, horror and drawing on faces

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YouTube Japan rolls in new 'original content' Trains, horror and drawing on faces

We've seen our fair share of out-there Japan TV programming -- and that looks likely to increase. YouTube has struck a deal with 13 companies that will add original shows and videos to the constantly-growing Japanese library, new videos promised daily. There's a pretty broad array of partners, with a slight focus on comedy and pop-culture, which should mean a shorter language hurdle for us occasional global viewers. Into high-speed trains? There's a whole channel dedicated to the Land of the Rising Sun's unsung tech export. We've got Catherine The Thirteenth (computer-generated chat show host, obviously) discussing the convenience of iPads after the break, but if we had a say in future channels, it'd throw in more mechanized beetle tanks and robot hotplate chefs.

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Boczniak typu wagon

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Nasz dobry znajomy Nexus znowu robi w pociągach, tym razem przypomniał taki smieszny wagonik bez korytarza. Widziałem coś takiego w skansenie w Chabówce więc wiem, że Nexus nie ściemnia.

Potrzebujemy więcej części w ciemnozielonym. Halo? Czy ktoś z LEGO to czyta?

Indian Railways launches RailRadar, lets you track trains via Google Maps

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Indian Railways launches RailRadar, lets you track trains via Google Maps

Indian Railways has just made it a little easier for rail travelers with a new web app called RailRadar, which uses Google Maps to track trains on a real-time basis. This is certainly welcome on one of the largest rail networks in the world -- it operates more than 10,000 trains everyday -- though the service is only available on 6,500 trains for now. To find out where your train is, simply search for its name or number and RailRadar will spot it for you. You can also find trains by entering the name of the station. Blue highlights indicate trains that are on time while red means it's behind schedule. If you click on a train, it'll show its entire route from start to finish. The logical next step would be for this to be on smartphones like how it is in Japan, though we're not sure if that's in the cards just yet.

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Indian Railways launches RailRadar, lets you track trains via Google Maps originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hitachi boarding gate can sniff explosives on passes, keep the transport queues flowing (video)

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Hitachi boarding gate can sniff explosives on passes, keep the transport queues flowing video

Anyone who's hopped on a flight at a major airport, or even some land-based transit, knows the agonizing wait that certain agencies demand while they scan for explosives and check boarding passes. Hitachi is working with Nippon Signal and the University of Yamanachi to build a new boarding gate that hopefully kills those two security birds with one stone. As you're swiping your boarding pass (or smartphone), the machine also scans it for particle-sized traces of explosive materials and sends the all-clear or no-go in less than two seconds. If all goes well, the system could check up to 1,200 passengers every hour at a single gate -- a rate quick enough to prevent a logjam at even the busiest terminals. Our chief reservations surround its scope. Hitachi has earned enough trust to get trial installations at Narita International Airport and a Tokyo subway station this coming spring, but we have a hunch that some airport officials would demand a more thorough screening, no matter how much it's actually needed.

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Hitachi boarding gate can sniff explosives on passes, keep the transport queues flowing (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Train Shaped PC Computer Case

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Check out this unique mini-tower chassis computer case from Taiwan-based Lian Li. No it’s not a homemade one of a kind case-mod, it’s actually a purchasable production piece. The computer, officially being called the PC-CK101, is in two parts, the car and engine.
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Half the hardware is in the front, half in the back. It even has little train tracks and wheels and I think a little motor so you can glide it around on the rails. Yeah it can actually move. Not sure why you’d want it to, but it does. Check out the video to see what goes inside this computer:

It sells for about $229 for non-moving or $379 for moving with six sections of track. Clickthrough above for more specs if interested.

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Apple nabs patent for NFC-based travel check-in, doesn’t quell NFC iPhone rumors just yet

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Apple nabs patent for NFCbased travel checkin, doesn't quell iPhone rumors one iota

Apple has been chasing NFC patents for years, but it's just now been granted a US patent for its own approach to a transportation check-in -- one of the most common uses of the technology in the real world. The filing describes a theoretical iTravel app that would store reservation and ticket information for just about any vehicle and stop along the way: planes, trains and (rented) automobiles would just have the traveler tap an NFC-equipped device to hop onboard, and the hotel at the end of the line would also take credentials through a gentle bump. Besides the obvious paper-saving measures, iTravel could help skip key parts of the airport security line by providing passport information, a fingerprint or anything else screeners might want to see while we'd otherwise be juggling our suitcases.

It all sounds ideal, but before you start booking that trip to the South Pacific with ambitions of testing an NFC-equipped 2012 iPhone, remember this: the patent was originally filed in 2008. We clearly haven't seen iTravel manifest itself as-is, and recent murmurs from the Wall Street Journal have suggested that Apple isn't enthusiastic about the whole NFC-in-commerce idea even today. Still, with Passbook waiting in the wings, the patent can't help but fuel speculation that Apple is getting more serious about an iPhone with near-field wireless in the future.

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