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Transportation · Recorded milestone

Personal pod networks

Recorded year1975

Small automated pods run on dedicated guideways across cities.

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Built on

Stored-program computerRecorded · 1948requires
Integrated circuitRecorded · 1958enables
High-speed railRecorded · 1964enables

Led to

Driverless public transitForecast · ~2048enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.