Simplify. Drive out sources of variation. Remove 75% of the Parasitic Mass. Move non-stop to remove repetitive applications of power. Preempt 95% of the costs of moving a bus, passenger-train, or car. Improve safety 3,000 times.
JPod’s US patent is for the invention of solar-powered transport networks. The Physical Internet® improves on the Morgantown PRT in two important ways (6,810,817):
- Robots on grade-separated guideways: “A method of controlling a transportation System for moving people, freight, and any combination whereof using a distributed network of intelligent devices without requiring the aid of a human driver”
- Networks are solar-powered: “The method… providing… Solar and wind power generators integrated into the physical Structure of Said transportation System….”
Cargo: Patent-Automated Guideways Facilitating 3-Tiered Cargo Shipments-#63/706,634, 19/356,062
Energy: Energy Self-reliant of Automated Guideway Transit Networks: 63/706,637, 19/356,011
Data centers: Powering Distributed Data Clusters using Automated Guideway Transit Networks, 63/921,369, 73259682
Disasters: Temporary Implementations of Automated Guideway Transit Networks: 63/706,638 19/356,061
Borders: Border Support and Security using Automated Guideway Transit Networks, 63/768,958
FROGs: Factories Roving Over Ground (FROGs)
LADS: Layered Aerostat Defense Swarm (LADS)
Slidedecks:
- $5 million Certification Guideway to build airports in Texas. With movies embedded. With web-based movies.
- 10X metrics
- Parasitic Energy Ratio
- Mobility metrics
- Disposable Energy, how much energy people can buy with their take-home-pay. Energy to pursue happiness and profit.
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