rodcorp: rodcorp: Transport systems, safety, mapsTransport systems, safety, maps, designSmall drawbacks of Harry Beck underground map- January 22, 2003 A measure of the genius of the Harry Beck-originated London tube map is that one of the very few things it doesn't do better than a geographically accurate tube map (also mirrored here) is inform you that it would be much quicker to walk a trip than take it by tube: Leicester Square to Covent Garden (250 metres away) Mansion House to Bank (change once, 6 stops - as noted by Bill Bryson in Notes From a Small Island (though you could walk to Bank districtline and go in two stops, but his...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105728/categories/transport/2003/01/22.html#a337 Science Hobbyist: Traffic waves - physics for bored commuters- January 17, 2003 On the nature of traffic jams, and preventative actionhttp://www.amasci.com/amateur/traffic/traffic1.html RFID tags: Big Brother in small packages- January 17, 2003 It becomes unnervingly easy to imagine a scenario where everything you buy that's more expensive than a Snickers will sport RFID tags, which typically include a 64-bit unique identifier yielding about 18 thousand trillion possible values. KSW-Microtec, a German company, has invented washable RFID tags designed to be sewn into clothing. And according to EE Times, the European central bank is considering embedding RFID tags into banknotes by 2005. That raises the disquieting possibility of...http://news.com.com/2010-1069-980325.html |