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 replace the central computer control system: “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….”
Patent-Automated Guideways Facilitating 3-Tiered Cargo Shipments-#63/706,634
Energy Self-reliant of Automated Guideway Transit Networks: 63/706,637
Temporary Implementations of Automated Guideway Transit Networks: 63/706,638
Border Support and Security using Automated Guideway Transit Networks, 63/768,958
Slidedecks:
- $5 million Certification Guideway to build airports in Texas. With movies embedded. With web-based movies.