Ants, with their highly organized social behavior, have long inspired research. In particular, they have often inspired simple solutions to complex problems and, today, they could help us solve one of the most pressing challenges in today's urban environments, that is transportation in urban contexts.
  • @[email protected]English
    12•14 days ago

    “Ants follow pheromone trails marked by a leader ant, and move in platoons with small gaps and no overtaking,” notes Guerrieri.

    Since the cars are all moving together, maybe we could connect them all together so that each individual car wouldn’t need its own engine and fuel. And if they aren’t allowed to pass each other, I think we could put them all on one single track or set of rails, that way we don’t need to maintain infrastructure that no one is using.

    • @Beryl
      5•14 days ago

      Now we just have to find a name for this new transportation mode.

      • @[email protected]English
        5•14 days ago

        What? No, this is a cool new idea for the transportation of people. It’ll be the next big thing in how you get from place to place in public, just you wait.