Rest Area 300m: Thunderbirds are Go!

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Thunderbirds are Go!

I wonder what the world potholing speed record is?
Here is a contender....
"Sandian's Rapid Road Repair Vehicle would fix potholes on the fly....
"About the size of a Greyhound bus, the vehicle would "see" the road surface from scanners on the front bumper. Any anomalies would be cleaned with high-pressure air and then vacuumed. On-board image processing would distinguish the location and size of road surface features and determine if an object is a hole, bump, manhole cover or crack. Next, a phalanx of nozzles, arrayed like offset rows of theater seats, would pass over. Whichever nozzles were above the hole would deliver filling material, such as aggregate and fast-drying patch material or sealer. The mixture would be tamped into place, dusted with grit to provide traction, and vacuumed. Finally, another row of scanners would check the quality of the repair.
Under ideal conditions, Mara says, "the vehicle could possibly patch roads at up to 35 miles per hour."

Mmmmm bigger engine? faster processors? More Suck & Blow?.......................

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