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by throwaway14356 774 days ago
>fully automated road construction that doesnt need employees?

I vaguely remember a solar road concept with tiles with a bunch of electronics in them. I suppose decent computers are cheap enough now. They could have some means of locomotion and drive fly or walk from the factory to their destination.

> unmanned blimps that can move heavy cargo.

nothing wrong with hydrogen. A tow boat with a long sausage behind it with containers hanging under it.

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>I vaguely remember a solar road concept with tiles with a bunch of electronics in them. I suppose decent computers are cheap enough now. They could have some means of locomotion and drive fly or walk from the factory to their destination.

Solar freaking roadways! This was almost 10 years ago now. Feel old!

bicycle paths seems a lot easier.

They did build a road in China in 2017 but it's not modular it seems.

https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/features/china-solar-highwa...