Tech Travel Week Round Up #4
Another busy week in the world of technology travel. From more tech capital Japan goodness to solar powered rickshaws in India more tech destinations then ever sprang up this past week.
1) Giant SpaceShip in Germany
The Sensapolis Fun Park in the German city of Böblinge has constructed a giant 3 story spaceship “Second Solar”. Although the spaceship is more for the kids then interstellar travel, it looks pretty fun and includes a ‘alien breeding ground’ (sex ed?), a space lab, and a 3D theater. Source
2) Tokyo’s 3D Planetarium Theater
Tokyo’s Science Museum has a new 3D planetarium theater named the Synra Dome. To infinity and beyond!! Source
3) Tracking Elephants
Even elephants are getting their own sim cards. I have heard that everyone in developing countries are getting mobile phones, but now even the animals are! A wildlife refuge in Kenya has set up a tracking mechanism to track the moment of elephants to ensure they don’t wander into off limit areas. Source
4) Personal Rapid Transit, Cooming Soon?
A CNN article talking to Jacob Roberts President of Connect Ithaca, a group that wants to introduce America’s first podcar system to the small college town. Source
5) Solar Powered Rickshaw In India
A new initiative is under way in India to introduce solar powered rickshaws. Electric powered with a place to charge mobile phones, these really are the rickshaw’s of the future! Source
Tags: 3D planetarium, Connect Ithaca, Kenya Wildlife Service, podcar, Sensapolis, Soleckshaw, Synra Dome, Tokyo Science Museum
