Cars
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Traveling in Style and Comfort: The Pullman Sleeping Car
The 19th century's definition of luxury came as a train car designed by a Chicago carpenter
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Drivers Are More Likely to Brake at Yellow Lights If They've Just Seen a Depressing Billboard
After seeing positive or neutral ads before a yellow light, drivers were more likely to run it. But after negative ads, they were more likely to break
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The BladeGlider: Nissan’s Concept Car Looks Like a Jet Fighter
The Japanese automaker is working to bring to market a car that actually resembles an aircraft, with its unique aerodynamic styling
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Toyota’s New Concept Car Takes the Driver’s Movements and Emotions Into Consideration
Toyota's FV2 is engineered to make cars "Fun to Drive, Again." But it might be too far out to ever become a reality
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Saul Griffith’s Fascinating Ideas About the Future of Energy
Intestine-like natural gas tanks and a solar technology based on air and plastic are two projects in the works at Griffith’s Otherlab
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A New Car Proves It Can Fly (Barely)
A video demonstration by the Aeromobil may have you thinking it's best to stay grounded for now
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Las Vegas Gambles on a Future With Car Sharing for Everyone
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is investing $350 million in an ambitious redevelopment plan that includes a new model for getting around Sin City
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L.A. to San Fran in 30 Minutes? Can You Say Hyperloop?
Entrepreneur Elon Musk thinks bullet trains are too slow and expensive. He says he has a better idea: high-speed travel in tubes
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Good-bye, Gas Guzzlers
What will it take for automakers to deliver a fleet of fuel-sippers?
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The National Automated Highway System That Almost Was
In 1991, Congress authorized $650 million to develop the technology that would make driverless cars a reality
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Nobody Walks in L.A.: The Rise of Cars and the Monorails That Never Were
As strange as it may seem today, the automobile was seen by many as the progressive solution to the transportation problems of Los Angeles
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The Gadgets of the Future From the Electrical Shows of Yesterday
Decades before the debut of the Consumer Electronics Show, early adopters flocked to extravagant high-tech fairs in New York and Chicago
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Motopia: A Pedestrian Paradise
Visit the futuristic town where drivers and non-drivers live in perfect harmony
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Elon Musk, the Rocket Man With a Sweet Ride
The winner of the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for technology hopes to launch a revolution with his spaceship and electric car
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A New Great Depression and Ladies on the Moon: 1970s Middle School Kids Look to the Year 2000
The ideal future according to a ten-year-old: shorter school days, lower taxes, and lots and lots of robots
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Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 03 – The Space Car
The Jetsons didn't invent the flying car, but it sure did a lot to cement the idea of the airborne automobile into the American imagination
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Recapping “The Jetsons”: Episode 02 – A Date With Jet Screamer
The Jetson family's descent into sex, drugs and rock & roll
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Forget the Volt, Make Way for Electric Trucks
Smith trucks are powered by batteries, not diesel, which could make a big difference in the fight against climate change
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50 Years of the Jetsons: Why The Show Still Matters
Although it was on the air for only one season, The Jetsons remains our most popular point of reference when discussing the future.
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Yesterday’s Tomorrows: How a Smithsonian Exhibit I Never Saw Changed My Life
Meet the historians who pioneered scholarship of retro-futurism
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