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Suspended in time.   Image: Popular Science composite Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 If you’ve ever sped through the air on a suspended monorail, chances are you were in an amusement park, taking in views festooned with rides, animals, and manicured grounds. But it’s more likely that your first sky-car experience—assuming you’ve had one—was in an aerial tramway or cable car, gliding over steep terrain toward a tourist overlook perched atop a hard-to-reach peak. Whether it’s that strong association with park-like settings or simply the thrill of riding high with a bird’s-eye view, there’s something inherently recreational about aerial railways. But as editor Arthur Stuart reported in Popular Science in May 1925, suspended monorails, or aero-railways, in which the train swings freely from an overhead track, were not limited to amusement parks and mountainsides; a century ago, they were serious mass-transit contenders in cities around the world. Despite their appeal, with few exceptions, commuting above the congestion of city streets gave way in the 20th century to more practical terrestrial and subterranean alternatives. Today, only one suspended monorail, the Wuppertal Schwebebahn in Germany, has survived since the turn of the last century—though not without incident. When an elephant jumped from the Wuppertal train in 1950, plunging into the river 10 meters below , service on the suspended train was, well, suspended for a year. The elephant, on the other hand, survived with minor bruises. The Schwebebahn Train Crossing a Street in Wuppertal, Germany. The Schwebebahn is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world. Image: Getty Images © Allard Schager Excitable pachyderms notwithstanding, the technical complexities of suspended monorails—particularly their vulnerability to weather conditions, difficulty in switching tracks, and structural requirements—made them suitable only for niche applications. Ground-based trains and subways proved more stable, energy-efficient, and easier to integrate with existing infrastructure than suspended systems. But as modern cities grow denser and struggle to reclaim natural terrain to make their communities more livable, aero railways, with their smaller footprint, potentially lower cost, and quieter operation, may be worth another look. The suspended monorail system described by Stuart in 1925 would have run from Paris to a nearby suburb, St. Denis. Its inventor, Francis Laur, had been tinkering with its unique design for more than a decade. “The proposed car,” Stuart wrote, would be virtually a propeller-driven airship suspended from and running along a rail. It’s [sic] body, tapering off at both ends like a dirigible, would be built of duralumin, extremely light.” While it had not yet been built, according to Stuart, its design had been “examined by expert engineers, and found to be practicable.” Just six years earlier, however, Popular Science’s coverage of Laur’s invention had been much less sanguine: “It is the offspring of ‘airplane’ and ‘monorail,’ two young ideas sprouting wild shoots in a lively imagination.” Just in case readers didn’t get the point, the 1919 staff writer added, “The Laur monorail flier does not figure out well financially or aeronautically.”  The first electric overhead railroad in Minnesota. Image: Minnesota Historical Society/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Minnesota Historical Society Laur’s monorail never took off. In fact, the only propeller-powered monorail that ever progressed beyond the “lively imagination” stage was the Bennie Railplane. In 1929, George Bennie, an engineer from Scotland, debuted a propeller-powered monorail, or railplane, on a test track in Glasgow. Bennie envisioned his railplane running from London to Paris—with a seaplane to carry passengers over the English Channel—but his project, like Laur’s, never got off the ground. Japan holds the modern record for the longest suspended railway, the Chiba Urban Monorail, which runs for 15.2 km and has been operating since 1988 in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo. But if Japan gets credit for the longest suspended railway, perhaps the most unique design concept goes to Hamburg, Germany’s Cabintaxi. As writer David Stuart reported in Popular Science in 1980, “cars run above and below the slim, lofty beam,” in a “personalized urban conveyor with a difference.” The project never materialized beyond a demonstration track, but the idea was that a car could be called to a station by a passenger, like hailing a taxi or booking an Uber ride. Depending on the direction, the car would either ride on top of the track or suspended below it. Japan, Chiba City, Hanging Monorail. Image: Prisma Bildagentur/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Dukas Despite the failure of suspended railways to take root in 20th-century mass-transit systems, the 21st century may offer new opportunities. According to a 2018 United Nations report, the rapid urbanization trend of recent decades is likely to continue, adding “2.5 billion to the world’s urban population by 2050.” As people migrate to cities, upgrading and expanding mass transit will play a key role in reducing congestion and emissions. But in densely built city centers already served by subways and surface rails, urban planners and mass transit engineers may need to dust off century-old concepts to leverage the airspace above city streets and waterways.  In the US, the only suspended commuter systems currently in operation are the Roosevelt Island Tramway in New York, which began operating in 1976, and Oregon’s Portland Aerial Tram, but others are being considered. The Chicago Skyline project, still in a proposal stage, would run cable cars, or aerial gondolas, over iconic neighborhoods, connecting tourist sites with downtown transportation hubs. Engineers in Austin, Texas, have been kicking around an 8.7-mile urban gondola line, dubbed Wire One Austin, for several years. New York’s Roosevelt Island tram may one day have a companion if the East River Skyway ever lifts off, connecting Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. In central Los Angeles, LA Aerial Rapid Transit, or LA ART, is an aerial gondola project that proposes to connect Los Angeles Union Station with Dodger Stadium. But LA ART is not Los Angeles’ first proposed aerial transit system. As writer John Ford reported in Popular Science in 1923, inventor Fletcher Felts designed a suspended monorail with electric-powered passenger cars that resembled torpedoes. The project was never approved, but anyone stuck in LA traffic today likely wishes it had been. The November 1923 cover of Popular Science. Urban planner and researcher Steven Dale launched a blog in 2009, the Gondola Project, that tracks aerial transit system projects around the world. The list does not include suspended monorails, but it captures a global trend toward leveraging aerial transit in dense cities, especially those with challenging terrain, to address transportation problems.  Even if suspended mass transit systems do catch on, it’s unlikely you’ll ever have the chance to ride in an aero-railway powered by “a propeller turning at 2000 revolutions per minute,” as Stuart described in 1925—with the possible exception of visiting a steampunk-themed amusement park (there aren’t many). But if global trends continue, it is increasingly likely that you will soon have the opportunity to commute across a city in an aerial car, suspended by cables or a rail, perhaps enjoying a recreational moment in an otherwise busy workday. That is, if you haven’t already. 

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DinkyDev The Movie Critic Member Feb 5, 2021 9,145 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxtlCgLyKpY A second round of console testing for the Oblivion Remaster reveals the extent of the game's performance issues. Hitches, sub-60fps drops, crashes and uneven frame-pacing on its 30fps quality mode blight every platform, including PS5 Pro tested today. Also curious is the manner in which continuous play time affects performance on all console platforms. Click to expand... Click to shrink... 00:00 Overview 02:13 PS5 Pro Upgrades/Comparisons 04:14 Fresh Boot vs Continuous Play-Through Frame-Rate Tests 07:14 PS5 vs PS5 Pro vs Series X 60FPS Tests 09:23 30FPS Quality Mode Tests/Reflection Toggle Explained 11:03 Conclusion Click to expand... Click to shrink...   Slayven Never read a comic in his life Moderator Oct 25, 2017 102,122 Instead of console specific bonuses, you get console specific bugs.   Bucca Member Oct 25, 2017 5,372 Holy moly that fps/frame time graph section lol   RayCharlizard Member Nov 2, 2017 4,402 So, massive memory leak right now? Only 15 minutes of gameplay time for the frame rate to start dropping significantly in the open world and requiring a fresh boot to correct.   Zep Member Jul 12, 2021 2,954 When two shitty engines collide.   Friendly Bear Member Jan 11, 2019 3,765 I Don’t Care Where (Just Far) Slayven said: Instead of console specific bonuses, you get console specific bugs. Click to expand... Click to shrink... That's kinda impressive, in a way.  Fallout-NL Member Oct 30, 2017 8,320 Glad I had the good sense to pass on this.   FriendlyNPC Member Oct 27, 2017 1,909 "Broken mess" is all that comes to my mind here. Game is simply in an inexcusable state.   Slayven Never read a comic in his life Moderator Oct 25, 2017 102,122 RayCharlizard said: So, massive memory leak right now? Only 15 minutes of gameplay time for the frame rate to start dropping significantly in the open world and requiring a fresh boot to correct. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Just like Skyrim.....man some things never change   zombiejames Member Oct 25, 2017 13,594 What a disaster. If the problems are related to Gamebryo, good luck ever getting this sorted out.   Fulcrum Member Nov 7, 2022 2,063 I shelved the game to focus on others until this gets patched. It will get patched...right?   JEH Prophet of Truth Member Oct 25, 2017 14,533 Embarrassing   Selective Member May 5, 2025 194 So, it's Oblivion! People should have seen how it ran on a typical gaming PC at the time.   DriftingSpirit Member Oct 25, 2017 18,505 Never played it and was very interested but I'll avoid this until it is in a better state.   Dekim Member Oct 28, 2017 5,113 Slayven said: Just like Skyrim.....man some things never change Click to expand... Click to shrink... I still remember how people showed videos of the PS3 version of Skyrim going all the way down to literally 0 fps.   Beelzebufo Member Jun 1, 2022 5,784 Canada Game is a mess on PC too. A shame, but totally expected. Doubt it'll ever see big improvements either. Fallout-NL said: Glad I had the good sense to pass on this. Click to expand... Click to shrink... What does the NL in your name mean out of curiosity?  DHR54 Oh well. Member Oct 26, 2017 785 Canada Eagerly awaiting a patch on the ps5 but I've still had a blast with playing it. Surprised to see so many issue but also totally not surprised, given the number of glitches I have encountered. Honestly the quality mode is unplayable for me the DF video shows me why, but on performance I've been really forgiving with it's performance. Having only really put this amount of time on the ps3 which also had its share of issues, I had the Xbox One physical rerelease but never got back into it. The gameplay loop is fun and keeps me coming back, I absolutely hope they patch it soon though.  Friendly Bear Member Jan 11, 2019 3,765 I Don’t Care Where (Just Far) This game is already up there in the "Butter smooth on MY *platform here*!" Hall of Fame. Just like Jedi Survivor, I see claims of flawless performance on PC, as well as claims of "perfectly locked 60" on PS5 Pro despite that just being demonstrably false.  PhillyPaw Member Apr 11, 2021 3,043 It truly is remastered. Even down to the infamous Bethesda performance. Not surprised at all, and was not moved to get the shadow drop without reviews lol   Derkon Member Oct 25, 2017 3,582 Glad I held off on this for now. Maybe pick it up this winter.   Sumio Mondo Member Oct 25, 2017 10,708 United Kingdom Dekim said: I still remember how people showed videos of the PS3 version of Skyrim going all the way down to literally 0 fps. Click to expand... Click to shrink... The same happened with Fallout 3 on PS3 too.  Kadzork Has got mad skills!! Member Oct 27, 2017 24,012 I beat the Dark Brotherhood questline then immediately shelved it whilst waiting on PS5 updates. I will be back and make a new character most likely.  AWestCoastDirtyBird Member Apr 27, 2020 3,749 Horse riding on the PS5 makes me want to throw up. I basically run everywhere with fortified super speed and high jump   snausages Member Feb 12, 2018 12,263 The discovery of a memory leak (I think that's what they say, at the start) explains the popularity of snake oil mods on Nexus. People have a shit time with the game, shut it off, apply some essential oils to their ini file and hey presto it's way better (for another 45 minutes, at which point they'll shut down anyway lol)   logash Member Oct 27, 2017 6,275 The game is basically unplayable to me on PS5 Pro. The PC version is also pretty bad but my rig powers through some of it. On pro the fps tanks when I swing the camera around.   Metsuki Member Oct 31, 2020 608 Portugal And somehow, SOMEHOW, even in this game, there are people saying it runs "fine" for them. Just amazing.   Linus815 Member Oct 29, 2017 23,889 Metsuki said: And somehow, SOMEHOW, even in this game, there are people saying it runs "fine" for them. Just amazing. Click to expand... Click to shrink... if you can sync your blinks up to the stutters, its great!  Friendly Bear Member Jan 11, 2019 3,765 I Don’t Care Where (Just Far) snausages said: The discovery of a memory leak (I think that's what they say, at the start) explains the popularity of snake oil mods on Nexus. People have a shit time with the game, shut it off, apply some essential oils to their ini file and hey presto it's way better (for another 45 minutes, at which point they'll shut down anyway lol) Click to expand... Click to shrink... A lot of those people will leave a positive comment after the first 10 minutes and not update it when the problem reappears.  zombiejames Member Oct 25, 2017 13,594 Dekim said: I still remember how people showed videos of the PS3 version of Skyrim going all the way down to literally 0 fps. Click to expand... Click to shrink...   Cow Mengde Member Oct 26, 2017 13,836 I'll try and act shocked that a Bethesda game has tons of problems. This is why games are releasing more broken than ever. Because people buy this and says it's ok.  Garrison Member Oct 27, 2017 3,352 PS3 version survivor here. I will always remember this one dungeon where the Daedra where at the damn FPS would drop to like 1-2 frames all the way through it. Wild times.  astroturfing Member Nov 1, 2017 7,525 Suomi Finland Sumio Mondo said: The same happened with Fallout 3 on PS3 too. Click to expand... Click to shrink... i literally couldnt play all the DLC on PS3, because the more you played the worse it ran (my save file grew in size like 6-10 fold because i did everything). the game was a fundamentally broken pile of shitty ass code. and i never got my money back (asked several times). no joke, my game was in a state where it took so long for one VATS sequence to finish that i could make myself dinner.. like a few frames per minute or something. i laughed/cried many times trying to finish quests.. had to give up without even touching Point Lookout. maybe i'll finally get to experience it if they release that UE5 remaster.. would appreciate it Bethesda/Sony could gift it to me, though. and yeah FFS at least get the performance mode on Pro to run decently.. its ridiculously choppy in the open world, almost unplayable at times. surely it could run better on the most powerful and expensive console?!  GameAddict411 Member Oct 26, 2017 10,035 I love how the performance goes down by a third after just after 15-20 mins of gameplay. A true homage to PS3 Skyrim.   Zep Member Jul 12, 2021 2,954 Kingdom Come 2, here we come. At least they know how to make a pro version of a game.   Rumenapp Forza Photographer Member Nov 9, 2017 17,274 Congrats, everyone gets bugs and frame dips.   logash Member Oct 27, 2017 6,275 Disagree completely with Tom on SSR. The reflections sliding off the screen constantly are way more distracting to me than the reflection pop in.   bannedpianoman Member Nov 5, 2024 37 logash said: Disagree completely with Tom on SSR. The reflections sliding off the screen constantly are way more distracting to me than the reflection pop in. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I turned off SSR the moment I got out into the open world and saw how horrible it was. I find lumen reflection pop-in less distracting than SSR artifacts.   Hero_of_the_Day Avenger Oct 27, 2017 19,702 I hope they get this patched up to a good state. I was looking forward to checking it out after I finished Expedition 33 and Doom. But, I ain't touching this mess. Assuming PC is still a mess as well, that is?   Ld007 Member Jun 1, 2024 6,603 Metsuki said: And somehow, SOMEHOW, even in this game, there are people saying it runs "fine" for them. Just amazing. Click to expand... Click to shrink... And it's rewarded with sales numbers   texhnolyze Shinra Employee Member Oct 25, 2017 26,261 Indonesia And they didn't seem to address the night lighting bug. This would be the deal breaker for me. https://www.reddit.com/r/oblivion/comments/1k7zpnc/what_is_going_on_with_the_lighting_at_night_time/   M.Bluth Member Oct 25, 2017 5,427 Gotta say, the combination of typical Bethesda jank with the unbearable brand of UE5 shittiness is a match made in hell. Anyway, people should be boycotting this on principle, but I guess that's too much to ask for. Enjoy the slop.  Anomander Member Oct 27, 2017 1,604 Ah yes, that nostalgic PS3 Skyrim vibe.   logash Member Oct 27, 2017 6,275 Hero_of_the_Day said: I hope they get this patched up to a good state. I was looking forward to checking it out after I finished Expedition 33 and Doom. But, I ain't touching this mess. Assuming PC is still a mess as well, that is? Click to expand... Click to shrink... As someone who owns both the PS5 version and the PC version I can tell you that my PC version runs way better, but I have a 9800X3D and the issues seem to be CPU driven. That being said, even with a monster CPU, this thing is a stutter fest. I have personally decided to wait to play it until they fix it.   DC5remy Member Jan 20, 2018 9,729 Texas I'm playing on the pro and having a good ol time with it. Zero regrets   Lashley <<Tag Here>> Member Oct 25, 2017 65,227 If only consoles supported these miracle .ini fixes we get on PC!   Fallout-NL Member Oct 30, 2017 8,320 Beelzebufo said: What does the NL in your name mean out of curiosity? Click to expand... Click to shrink... That I'm from the Netherlands. Though I wouldn't have included it if I had been a bit quicker in claiming this username.  ConflictResolver Member Jan 1, 2024 4,660 Midgar Console manufacturers should have stricter requirements for performance before allowing games on their platforms.   CatAssTrophy Member Dec 4, 2017 8,525 Texas Some of the little things can seem silly to complain about but when it's a huge pile of small things they add up to a bad experience. Like when I'm walking near water holding my bow, the bow's "reflection" appears in the body of water despite me being hundreds of yards away from it. It's like it doesn't even know how to determine what should be reflected and what shouldn't. The crashing really did it for me though, as well as it causing my Portal to disconnect literally every 5 minutes, while other games are just fine. I was going back and forth between this and Days Gone R and always had this anxiety in the back of my mind because I was expecting a disconnect but was relieved it wasn't happening with DGR. (At least not nearly as often)  boris_feinbrand Member Oct 26, 2017 7,178 texhnolyze said: And they didn't seem to address the night lighting bug. This would be the deal breaker for me. https://www.reddit.com/r/oblivion/comments/1k7zpnc/what_is_going_on_with_the_lighting_at_night_time/ Click to expand... Click to shrink... Ah, glorious Lumen.   SpottieO Member Oct 25, 2017 12,880 Yeah I'm 40 hours in and it's pretty messy on Pro. Still having a lot of fun but it's got its issues.  

Dune: Awakening, the highly anticipated Dune MMO made by Funcom, previously had a beta that was under NDA for select players. But this weekend, there’s a new beta going on that players are free to stream and talk to their friends about. It’s available from now until this coming Monday, May 12 — and at first, players had to put their names into Funcom’s proverbial hat in hopes of receiving a key for it. Now, though, anybody who pre-orders the game can get an invitation and hop on in to virtual Arrakis. The team at Funcom launched the beta yesterday afternoon and then, later that day, made the decision to open up the beta to include players who had pre-ordered. In a post on Bluesky, the developer announced the course reversal. Everyone who has pre-ordered Dune: Awakening can now also access the Beta Weekend!We heard your feedback on this. If you already own or decide to pre-order any of the editions this weekend, you should now also see a Beta Weekend product in your Steam library.— Dune: Awakening (@duneawakening.com) 2025-05-09T19:41:05.532Z The change was apparently the result of some players’ complaints, as Funcom’s post states, “We heard your feedback on this.” It only took the developer a few hours to make the decision; Funcom’s post about the beta’s official launch went up at 8:12 AM yesterday, and its subsequent post about adding pre-order players to the mix went up at 3:37 PM that same day. Still, though, that’s quite a few hours of missed potential playtime. Dune: Awakening will be released for everyone on PC on June 10, 2025, after having been recently delayed from its initial release date of May 20.

It seems like a new trend has emerged online at TikTok, where students are spotted damaging the ports of their Chromebooks by sticking random objects into them. TikTok Trends Have Resulted in Multiple Chromebooks Exploding After Students Damaged Onboard Batteries Getting into such trends, which pose a risk to one's life, is certainly not advised, but according to Axios, students across the US are putting themselves into danger by purposefully damaging "school-issued Chromebooks". While this might sound cool, reports have suggested that following such trends has evolved into sensitive situations, such as school evacuations and early dismissals. And interestingly, you can be legally charged as well if found doing this act, so make sure not to follow such trends, or else the "legal" payback could prove to be something troublesome. Diving into what the trend actually is, it is being labeled as the "ChromebookChallenge" across TikTok, where students are found inserting conductive objects that are readily available, such as paper clips, pencils, pushpins, aluminum foil, or metallic gum wrappers into the USB ports of laptops. What this does is that by inserting such objects, it damages the lithium-ion battery onboard, which often leads to explosions and burning cases. Many of the incidents have surfaced at Denver Public Schools, with many other cases being reported all across the country. Image Credits: TikTok As to why this trend came into existence in the first place, it is mainly driven by a desire for attention and peer validation, while others see it as a way to disrupt classes. Since most of the incidents involve school-issued Chromebooks being damaged, these "TikTokers" don't have anything to lose, or at least this is what they perceive. But, doing such an act could prove to be a huge problem since it could put everyone around you at risk, since explosions could cause mass fires if not contained early on. As sensible and "humane" individuals, it is our responsibility not to engage in trends that are risking the lives of people, especially students. And with the growing TikTok Challenges, these trends are only going to get weirder from hereon. Deal of the Day

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