Technological Milestone

There is this old joke about nuclear fusion always being 30 years away. But now it looks like things are speeding up. Scientists have adjusted their expectations based on current advances in technology reducing the estimated timeline for a fusion breakthrough to about 18 years into the future. Several young companies want to be even faster – they are part of a fast-growing market.

Design in public transportation is so fascinating because it can shine a light on a variety of issues in current public discourse: Usually deployed in large-scale projects, design choices often reflect careful consideration of the Zeitgeist, public norms of aesthetics, changes in transportation infrastructure and avant-gardist glimpses or concepts of what an imagined general public space might look like.