Shweeb Promo clip

[CapitalistOverlord]

It looks so stupid, but so fun.

[yodellikeyoumeanit09]

That looks like so much fun!!

[Giddyupngo13]

Many of the objections you have are answered on the website. If you are faster than the rider ahead of you, you basically connect, and form a more aerodynamic train. It becomes more efficient as people link up, similar to tailing an 18 wheeler on the highway, but much less dangerous. Just my opinion, but this has real potential.

[Giddyupngo13]

I think this is a great idea, and I am asking my Mayor about building this for our city. I have ridden my bike to work, and it is frustrating to go slower than a car, wait at every traffic light, not to mention taking my life in my hands biking next to sleepy morning commuters. There are huge possibilities for children commuting safely to school. Instead of parking 1/2 mile away from a large office building due to no parking, you could pipe a Schweeb route right onto the second floor.

[Judoca08]

deve ser uma maravilha ficar olhando a bunda das mulheres dali de baixo. se tiver com saia então ui... xD

[vinicalil1994]

nosss... muito loko *0* pode ser muito util futuramente como meio de transporte alternativo se aperfeiçoado ;D

[carlamccoy]

This is fascinating! :)

I guess, it will take long time until modern traffic concepts like these will be built everywhere but this is highly interesting. Think of the possible advantages: No more traffic jams, no more weird people sitting next to you in the bus, you don't get wet when it rains, you don't need an expensive parking place for your car ... cool :)

[TIKIMAN198]

GAY

[robersonbo]

@TIKIMAN198 o mundo é gay (feliz)

[monkpkey]

lol I must have hit troll central ..... you guys have zero imagination at all , you see this and think it would be the end product , lame fuck tarts!!!! lol ,you dont like to peddle get a battery like battery bikes .... you dont like a sweaty machine , be clean and wipe it down like the tanning beds ..... you think of traffic jams , have stations with seperate tracks........ like trains do ..........etc etc etc etc, It's ok to use your brains .

[Novinte]

Why pedal? LAME

[rbdgirl12]

w0rthless piece of shit, captain!

[Andreluizgomes1]

Ok, but what happens if someone just get on her destiny and leave the capsule? What others could do with the empty capsule? Or, what other could do if someone get some phisical problem and just stop, blocking the way?

That thing is stupid.

[AndreFillipe]

The music! It's dreadful!

[pharoahsoulero]

shite, serious

[TheSaarth]

well,.. it'll get sweaty in humid climates like those in Mumbai where i live,... but its def. gr8 as a recreational activity or mebbe in parks 2 excercise or on hill stations instead of cable cars

[pontarou01]

good idea

[TroyOi]

A lot of naysaying here but, for God's sake, isn't it worth a try? A simple pilot project on, say, a college campus? Try not focusing on "this can't solve ALL our urban transportation problems" and think instead of possible niches it could fill.

This may well end up being one more project that the Chinese or Japanese or some European city happily implements while we in the good ol' USA are still busy grousing about its shortcomings.

[HowardFair]

@TroyOi, I'm one of the naysayers and it does pain me to be one for the reasons you point out. I would love to see almost anything other than automobiles and have worked on the problem as best I can. I still end up with the answer that it is NOT worth a try because there are so many other good ideas and we do live in a world of finite resources. Making it safer to use regular bikes is a far, far better idea. It's just not a NEW idea, which is why Google doesn't care.

[oalmeidafernando]

A Google é inovadora e resolveu investir nisso certamente com MUITO embasamento técnico. Não é uma equipe composta por leigos. Existem várias situações NO MUNDO TODO onde o shweeb teria aplicação. Por exemplo no Nordeste e Norte do Brasil onde MILHARES de crianças passam um sufoco sem tamanho pra chegar nas escolas.

Existem algumas questoes como por ex diferença de velocidade,mas há soluções pra isso, a médio ou longo prazo de desenvolvimento...

Só vejo desvantagens desprezíveis do Shweeb

[Farleyx]

O Google investiu $ 1,05 Milhões nisto? PQP, ja que está sobrando dinheiro, PORQUE NAO INVESTE em soluções contra poluição atmosférica, combate a fome no mundo, pesquisas para cura da AIDS, ajudar na popularização do Acesso a internet no Mundo, Tanta coisa muito mais Útil que Isto, e Que poderia até levar a Google a um Prêmio Nobel. A Google é uma empresa globalizada e tem que pensar mais em soluções para o mundo.

Gosto das Novidades da Google, mas este na minha Visão foi o mais Inútil.

[HowardFair]

@Farleyx Thanks for this!

[LoPuFi]

@Farleyx

1- isso é um jeito de combater a poluição

2-combater fome no mundo?como se fosse fácil e barato...

3-google não é uma instituição científica

4-PELO AMOR DE DEUS NÃO, a net já tem muito pobre e emo no orkut, a gente não precisa de mais.

5- ela pode levar um premio nobel por isso, muito bom

ps: se achou uma merda, porque vc não inventa uma solção melhor para o trânsito?

[Farleyx]

@LoPuFi Fala isso tambem para os 33 votantes que deram votos positivos ao meu comentario e veja os comentarios dos propios americanos que dizem o mesmo que eu !!!. Essa é a minha opinião e vc é so mais um ignorante emo "rico" sem instrução do orkut que nao sabe opinar sem ofender outros usuarios. RESPEITE A OPINIAO DOS OUTROS e fique calado ja que vc nao tem QI suficiente para opinar. Com certeza se eu discordar da opiniao de alguem nao vou retrucar ofendendo diretamente a pessoa.

[phillmudvayne]

@Farleyx

"Devido a anti-intelectualismos assim é que o mundo esteve encoberto num manto de ignorância por tanto tempo,

por mais irrelevante que uma pesquisa pareça agora, talvez no futuro exista uma aplicação fantástica e que melhore a vida de muitos seres humanos.

Além do mais é injusto jogar a responsabilidade de todos os problemas sobre a ciência, Afinal Ninguém questiona por que você não trabalha como voluntário no acampamento de desabrigados em BanglaDesh."

NebulosaNerdsBar.

[wpaulokavera]

@Farleyx Investimento em inovações tecnológicas e não biológicas amigo, neste caso para a cura da AIDS você deveria cobrar o governo e os grandes laboratórios.

[LaGuigne83]

Just build proper bike lanes and we'll be fine.

[gamefreak11]

What the schweeb is this?

[wishingstar22]

I think this would be a fun thing for parks, playgrounds and maybe schools.

[brixiensis]

I thought that Google selection could produce something better than this....

It seems almost impossible to adopt in any town

and what about old/fat people?

finally... and if there is a downhill? 

[writerwruler]

@brixiensis where does it say that everyone is going to be forced to use this? If you look on the website, they tell you that this would be a supplement to current transport systems. At first it would probably only be used by people who wanted to take exercise/already use bikes but would like to avoid car drivers. Check out shweeb.com. They've got a lot of answers to obvious questions.

[oalmeidafernando]

@brixiensis

To discuss about that is a task much more deep than we see and ONLY who is working on can say what is possible, what isn't possible and what could be done in order to go ahead. Why I say "only who is working on knows about"? If you stop and think in the issue "What are the specifications and technical datas about ALL the components of the Shweeb and its facilities I know? " Maybe, maybe you could be more well-balanced

[oalmeidafernando]

@brixiensis For God... everybody as you seems that knows nothing about a "Development Process". Is obvious that are several points which in a begining of ANY project couldn't work well, as your examples. BUT THIS IS THE BEGGINING!

[brixiensis]

I thought that Google selection could produce something better than this....

It seems almost impossible to adopt in any town

and what about old/fat people?

[diegocastrum]

This is the fututre!

[RegenerativeHomes]

@diegocastrum Google Inc. has just designed the LEAST accessible product in decades. Their snubbing of the disabled (arthritis is the number one disabling disease) and the elderly is embarrassing for them. Nice amusement park ride (I guess), but as the thousands of future-designers will tell you.. this is NOT the future.

[Attila226]

Great concept but I don't see this working in reality. The tubes will get dirty, bums will end up sleeping in them, not to mention that violates some sort of law for people that have disabilities. It still seems like a very cool idea and would like to see it work.

[andrucha76]

Уже представил себе пробки на этой дороге :)

[BeeRich33]

What's with this horrible music? Deaf composer?

[lightsout9999]

Great idea!

[nindracula]

Why did you guys speed up the video? Isn't that a little dishonest?

[Yunliner]

Jenny Heart is sexy

[Funderbunk]

It's a neat idea for a fun toy, but as a mass transit option, it's not feasible. Google could have spent it's $1million far better - but then, they've handled this whole project horribly. It's a shame when Pepsi can do something like this so much better, for more money and for more recipients who can make a difference now.

[Funderbunk]

Secondly, there is no provision at all for any kind of climate control. In some climates, that may work - but in a Florida or Texas summer, sitting in a perspex tube (even one with ventilation holes and a tinted roof) will quickly become unhealthy. They'll be picking people out of them all day long. In northern cities, these will become ice cubes in the wintertime.

[Funderbunk]

This is neat, but pointless. First of all, they have almost no solution or answer at all for disabled riders - and at least in the US, NO municipality will invest in ANY kind of project that doesn't meet the ADA requirements.

[JapsEye2]

@Funderbunk Agreed. And they will be vandalised commonly.

[IhateJohnMayer]

does that thing go uphill? doesn't look like it

[skapeoner]

I most definitely do not see this working here in Portland Oregon. Though it does look like it may be fun, why wouldn't you ride your bike that has its spec all set you your individual body type and preferred gear ratio?

[NoNiceNamesLeft]

uh, why not just use bikes? cheaper and more flexible transport. unless the shweeeb is way faster

[Attila226]

@NoNiceNamesLeft Bikes ride a street level and have to deal with traffic. While being limited to rails, there's nothing to slow you down other then getting tired.

[ftutbs]

@Attila226 yeah, and someone stopped on the track in front of you.

[123loookatme123]

What about people in skirts?

[HowardFair]

This is GREAT idea, but I have a better one: Individual units that can be ridden around existing city streets, are reliable and can be ridden by people of all sizes and abilities wearing all kinds of clothes at their own speed at very low cost. Oh, wait a minute... that's the safety bicycle, the pneumatic tired version of which was invented in Scotland in 1888.

[haloharley15]

What about those who are like 6 feet tall?

[zassounotsukushi]

@haloharley15 Forget tall people, disabled people won't get anywhere with these.

@nicomowarsaw You don't overtake slower people, you bump up behind them and push them. You MAKE them go faster, and with reduced drag to power ratio with 2 conjoined pods, the Sunday peddler in front of you will be going fast whether or not they want to due to your impatient peddling!

[nicomowarsaw]

how do you overtake the slower people? Surely you would require more rails - would that look nicer? would that be greener than say people just riding bikes to work?

This is a FUN theme park ride - where people power up their own adrenaline to compete against each other - it's better than all the other rides - because you do the work with no help from a machine - great for fitness - but not for the route to work.

[LookMaNoBrains]

How are commuters wearing skirts able to get on???

[nitronick389]

Chlostrophobia to the max

[samann95014]

may be i'm dumb ...but i don't get it. how is this going to solve any transportation, energy, infrastructure problem? to me, this doesn't look any better than the segway idea.

[r34perpwnz]

Boss : "You smell like shit"

You: "Sorry, it's the fucking Shweeb transportation device".

[henryisbendover]

@r34perpwnz your boss is ignorant 

[Lashrito]

...aaaaand what happens to traffic when someone ahead gets tired or cramps up? Just because exercise and public transport are separately great concepts does not mean combining them is feasible. Nuts and gum anyone?

[undermaker4535]

Can NOT work!

Reasons : to much traffic, not enough money do build these thing everywhere,people are lazy, they would prefere a car.

It almost like a bike this thing only a bit faster...

[channel6]

Race to the Finish!!!

[jubjub500z]

I thought of futurama when i saw this

[gingerbreadcorpses]

HOW MUCH MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN WASTED ON THIS FARCE?!

[UmDiaEuFicoBom]

The device is very interesting. Is it an idea for public transportation? If so, how do you intend keep one user from slowing down all others?

[ajaxm13]

@UmDiaEuFicoBom it is and idea for public transportation and i was wonerding the same thing

[Boe1771]

Anyone getting remembered of Rollercoaster Tycoon?

[katiiiemariiie]

@Boe1771

hahaha yes thats exactly what i was thinking of.. the monorails.

[Cypeq]

lol what ? bike on rails for real ? i choose normal bike instead.... and i can take a turn whenever i want.

[Born2BeNoobi]

i would love to race in this

[UmaLacka]

awesome! :D

[youR3tard]

Those would grimy as hell. And repairs? This just doesn't seem at all feasible.

[UmaLacka]

omg! :D that's soo awesome

[neohxc]

Heaven

[jorge1234597]

ok thats fucking cool

[Veehmot]

The last second its like: It's so easy to use that even a blond can ride it!

[lufy0000]

I don't get it, what the difference between this and a bike? This would be a total waste of resources to build the tracks

[setoman1]

another weight loss campaign? no other reason u'd wanna ride this.

[UmaLacka]

@setoman1 energy problem. in some years there's no oil -.-

[setoman1]

@UmaLacka there are so many alternative fuel sources to oil, it's not even funny that none of them is being used.

it's still pointsless. ride a bike, at least u can go anywhere and u don't have to lay up-side-down. more so, you are not limited to 25kmph.

[Kunagnos]

People are all posting comments about how it wouldn't be viable for various reasons, like a person in front slowing down, someone getting sweaty in it, someone wearing a skirt, someone getting sick in it, but their website faq pretty much addresses everything that people have posted.

[cliffosj]

Why did they fund this? this is awful, there are loads of rather large problems with this! What if you get a lazy guy infront of you, or a pod gets stuck halfway around the track, or someone dies in the middle of the track. Instead of building miles of monorail track, why not just build a lightweight walled cycle track, probably cheaper and a zillion times less maintenence!

[boostluda369]

@cliffosj Exactly...I was thinking the same thing...very cool, but no way this would work in large cities!

[eusousuperior]

It looks like something i would see in a disney park....

Deffinately not something to see in a real city.

[coolman9999uk]

Never going to work... I would never step into one of those things. Imagine stepping in after a fat sweaty was in there. Also for a variety of other reasons given by other comments here, it won't work. Why not extend trains with a couple of gym carriages that provide some of the energy for the train? Or concentrate on cleaner energy and getting rid of traffic through some level of automation? This is a disaster waiting to happen.

[555cHaRly666]

Die Google Inc. verschwendet ihr Geld. Als ob so etwas jemals in einer Großstadt funktionieren könnte. Was macht man mit Gepäck? Was passiert, wenn jemand anhält? Was passiert bei med. Notfällen in den Shweebs? Der ganze Verkehr würde stoppen. Shweeb hat keine Zukunft. Bus- und Bahnfahren ist besser.

[Montekar]

@555cHaRly666 Dann lies mal die FAQ auf der Shweeb-Website. Da ist das alles erklärt, es gibt für alle Probleme eine Lösung.

[missbubblez619]

google just wasted a good 1 million dollars.... why in the hell would you invest in this... So stupid... they better not fuck this up

[linden940]

thing i want to ask is how are you going to have rails that can take you to other places? is this going to be like a dart station? go from one place to another? how much will the "user" have to pay for this? the "powered by solar energy" that a person below me said is a very good idea....a small solar panel can be placed that would run a small motor.

this would be nice for parks or things of that kind...but as a way to get to work...no...there is no space for your bags that you need

[KenanVideos]

I swear it's going to be in the Olympics in 20 years

[creepolicious]

Gawd. Claustrophobic.

[gp4nut]

The regular bicycle is already a working model of mass transport under own power. Anything else is just a gimmick. 1 mil into this ios a waste of money.

[peppeddu]

I don't think that this is going to work for the following reasons:

1st

You can only go as fast as the slowest guy in front of you

2nd

If someone gets sick while on board there's no way to rescue him/her easily

3rd

Old people aren't going to use it. People in suits aren't going to use it.

It's better to make the capsules motorized and powered by solar energy, you can install them on top of the monorail providing also shade in the summer, and there won't be delays.

[yomemiliano]

Some people get lucky....

[LiewDarWin]

What happens if one stopped and there are loads of people behind?

[mythos1453]

waste of money...So WTF do you do if the guy in front of you is an old lady moving at 5km/h? Guess who's 2 hours late for work LOL

[icovada]

@mythos1453 You push her. My concern is: what do you do when you're too tired to keep pedaling? And how are you supposed to pedal in a plexiglass pod under summer sun?

[pstudio]

Congratulations on winning grant from Project 10^100. Your idea will definitely change the face of transport in the coming years. I would love to ride in this capsule around the city.

[bbaa100200]

you won't feel comfortable with current version. very tired, but not only you feet.

[Rockycunt]

Its in India a long back we call it as winch . for transporting people from the lower part of mountain to the peek . mostly in temple.



[CaliberPaladin]

@DaedalEVE

This is all addressed on their FAQ:

Sweat: It requires significantly less energy than walking, ventilation holes and a sun reflecting roof keep temperatures down.

Skirts: You can always wear shorts or trousers... Also, they may do one-way tinted windows.

Friends: They're making double pods and an intercom system for pod trains.

Baggage: There's room for a backpack, other items, coathanger & jacket.

[blacktiger226]

Can't imagine google invested 2 million dollars in this!

Sure it would be a nice way of transportation in a theme park, but for real life? C'mmon!

[yksnimus]

@blacktiger226 the hell are u talking about? It doesnt polutes, it makes ppl exercise, you can avoid bus and car...I think you just a fat that just by looking for it get tired

[picklejar222]

@blacktiger226 have you got a better idea for green transportation?

[bioforce5]

@blacktiger226 fuck, i'd use it lol. go as fast as you want/can without any concerns, no worrying about traffic rules or street crossings, and besides that, you cant beat free.

[DaedalEVE]

Just what everyone needs... something to make them hot and sweaty on their way to work. And lets not forget about women wearing skirts who's pussy is in clear view for the world to see. OH yeah and of course everyone always travels alone, with no friends, or children, or elderly individual, no baggage... uh huh.

The monorail system is good... just not such a small, user powered one.

Replace the peddling with a high efficiency solar electric driven motor, and increase the size of the carriage.

[DarlitaDawn]

Where do you put your groceries. Is there an attached carrier unit?

[TrickyEmu]

Kind of reminds me of Futurama. Great concept!!

[VEGETADTX]

AMAZING, ORIGINAL AND ACTUALLY USEFUL!

I sooo much support people who came up with this!

WORLD REALLY NEEDS PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT HOW CRAZY THEY SOUND/LOOK AND ARE JUST WILLING TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

If Nikola Tesla was afraid to sound crazy(many scientists and people did call him crazy tons of times) today we wouldn't be under all these lights, devices, computers, internet and everything that comes with the AC electricity.

How crazy he seemed at that time especially...

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

It's not a matter of "sanity", but one of practicality.

The underlying idea is good, but the implementation is severely lacking. 

And no one thought Tesla was crazy, Edison ran a smear campaign against the guy and ruined his reputation and the idea of AC being superior to DC for long distance transmission. Just like the Big Boys in Detroit ruined Tucker and all the innovations he created.

[VEGETADTX]

@DaedalEVE

How do you mean "implementation is severely lacking"? exactly how?

The idea is what really matters for start isn't it? if its healthy and prospective then people will invest in it(hopefully -_-).

No one though Tesla was crazy? there are entire documentaries and articles(which almost all of them I watched and read) and in all of them they mention a case of lot of people considering Tesla too day-dreaming and crazy.

Including many scientist and yes including Edison as well(initially).

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

It's badly executed. There are several problems with the design that do not allow for practical use. I could put together a laundry list of issues that are wrong with it, and why it would it will never be anything more than a fancy idea that doesn't really accomplish anything.

Yeah, people will invest in it just like they invested in that floating (at sea) city stuff, or the flying cars, or any of the other crap that SEEMED like good ideas, but were completely impractical.

[VEGETADTX]

No offense, but you sound to me like somebody who has some problems with this idea and wants to make it look bad and irrelevant at all costs, that's just my impression, sorry if I'm wrong.

Why else trying so hard to prove that "its a bad idea"?

floating city on the sea sounds like something really exciting and nice, but HAS NO REAL POINT, flying cars HAS a point but has A LOT of problems.

THIS however hasn't many problems yet it helps a lot, IT IS practical and has very several problems.

[oalmeidafernando]

@VEGETADTX

Agree!

[VEGETADTX]

@oalmeidafernando

I am glad you agree :)

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

I do see problems with it... but honestly I don't want to make it look bad (how can I alter the way it looks?), especially when it does a fair job of making itself look bad.

What I'm trying to do is get someone to see the validity of my argument, instead most seem to just like dismissing it simply because "they do not agree".

I've shown this to other people, and they had the same reaction I did. "It looks cool, but I don't see the point". Even my GF thought of flaws I didn't.

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

Actually the floating city and flying car thing has far more practicality than this did.

I'm not saying I don't see WHY it's interesting, or WHY you or others might find it appealing. What I'm saying is that the majority of the world is unlikely to agree.

I'm also willing to bet the budgets of city governments will also not agree.

THIS has a LOT of problems though, some which I have already named.

I mean from an engineering standpoint it's fine, but NOT PRACTICAL.

[VEGETADTX]

@DaedalEVE

"What I'm saying is that the majority of the world is unlikely to agree.

I'm also willing to bet the budgets of city governments will also not agree."

YOU SEE that is the main problem...that is the kind of philosophy that I preach against.

Naturally if you think so, some other person will think so too, and another, and so on...THEN SURE it won't work.

But if you'd support it and some other person, and so on, then it would work.

Sometimes all world needs is a little bit of good will.

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

Unfortunately I can only control MY OWN opinion... not that of others. So no, my personal view does not create a cascade effect that alters the opinions of others.

If that were the case, and others based their own views simply on mine, that would make them fools for not doing their own evaluation.

Good will does not cause impracticality to become practical.

The issue here is that you are trying to make a transit system that does not suit the general public. See the issue?

[VEGETADTX]

@DaedalEVE

Don't take it literally you know what I mean....I am not saying THAT YOU are the one guilty and that it depends only on YOU.

what I was saying is that - its because of people like you and mentality like yours that many projects gets canceled and unused(at least temporarily canceled).

Many things depend on simply big number of people agreeing or disagreeing to something, and if many people show good will maybe they succeed, if not who cares, not much to lose...move on.

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

Well is sounded as if you were suggesting that my opinion in some way shapes the opinion of others.

But yeah, how dare people like me actually try to judge something based on it's practical application than to just let our imaginations run wild and fully support something simply because "it would be interesting/cool"!?

Yeah, I think the system you are describing is called DEMOCRACY.

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

Really, the only people I see using this are single, fit, able bodied individuals, who can not afford to take motorized transport..... and maybe children who see it as a ride.

How about all the countless people who would never be able to use this thing? Pregnant, handicapped, elderly, traveling with people, traveling with items (shopping bags, etc), those going places that the rails do not, sanitary issues from people doing god knows what inside them, etc.

Get the point?

[VEGETADTX]

...How can you call it NOT PRACTICAL?

1.It helps us all be healthier

2.It helps a less use of fuel/similar polluting stuff

3.Less traffic accidents

As for your argument about pregnant, elderly etc...

pregnant women is unlikely going to drive a car by herself either, so as elderly.

The point is that it would be EXTREMELY helpful for people going to/from work/school. JUST THAT ALONE is enough to make it PRACTICAL let alone everything else.

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

Something already exists that does all that... it's called legs, or a bike.

I use transportation to get from point a to point b... not to exercise. There are also much better forms of transport that are just as "eco-friendly".

And "collisions" (there is no such thing as an accident) is a fact of life you will never be able to avoid, so man up and learn to accept it.

Pregnant women most certainly DO drive alone, all the time. So do the elderly. Are you dense?

[VEGETADTX]

@DaedalEVE

"And "collisions" (there is no such thing as an accident) is a fact of life you will never be able to avoid, so man up and learn to accept it. "

Yes, that is true...which doesn't mean that you shouldn't shrink the possibility of accidents as much as possible.

By your logic nobody should be careful and ever worry about anything and would let themselves be "led by the fate" instead of using as much protection as they can and be safe.

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

There comes a point where trying to be "safe" goes beyond being practical.

Real safety is an illusion.

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

As for going to work or school, for work, the last thing you need, after spending 1-2 hours getting ready and putting on a nice suit is to get all sweaty and tired on your way to work. And school... again, completely impractical especially for small children.

[VEGETADTX]

@DaedalEVE

"he last thing you need, after spending 1-2 hours getting ready and putting on a nice suit is to get all sweaty and tired on your way to work."

:D Seriously THAT IS what is IMPRACTICAL TO YOU!? a little sweat...? which you get anyway whether using Car/Bike/Walk...come on...

And who said you should ride as fast as you can...? that thing is pretty fast plus it would probably go STRAIT, it would have as least turns as possible thats the true benefit of it...very practical IMO.

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

I drive... and there is no physical exertion involved. Have you ever driven? You don't get sweaty from driving to work. You also rarely get sweaty walking. Riding a bike yes, but who do you know who wears a suit to work, and rides a bike? I don't know any.

[DaedalEVE]

@VEGETADTX

I should say that Tesla WASN'T crazy. Clearly there were people who thought he was... but they thought this mostly because of Edison.

[PlayStationBro]

I don't think the majority of people would feel comfortable riding in this...

It just doesn't factor in... What happens if you can no longer propel, far destinations, etc.

I think people look forward to a transportation system that does all the work for them, not the other way around. Think about why people use trains and buses... maybe make it solar powered? I don't see this project progressing so I hope they spend their money funded from Google to research better ways or a new project..

[highonhayek]

This is, without exaggeration, the WORST idea I have ever stumbled upon on YouTube. I'll bump this comment in 10 years so that we can all laugh at the people who disagree with me.

[afrothundaaa]

Too bad this wouldn't work in America on account of how FAT we are. :D

[omaraty009]

Just Like Southpark.

[carbonhealth]

what a useless stuff...

[KrytakliAklaimd]

yea thats pretty nasty definitely not sanitary

[eagarm]

This would be fun as hell, and absolutely awesome at an amusement park. But it's laughable to think of this as a viable means of urban commuting.

[Ziekheid]

@eagarm So true, I can not believe google chose this out of everything that is available.

[nodnodwinkwinkV]

Don't they realise that "agro" is short for aggrivated?

[lignsligns]

those would be some smelly bubbles

[LBTennis]

I dont see this going anywhere besides a theme park or something.

[Upright777]

Shweeb race anyone?

[mynewschannel]

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeb

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet­!

[prezal72]

i think this would be a good idea for ski resorts to take the place of cat lifts. you could put your borde or skis under on a rack or in it and ud just petal around the mountan. also it takes out of the risk of falling and hurtint yourself on a chair or tbar lift

[BullitSki]

I would love for that to be how i'd get to work and around town. This should be set up everywhere all over the world. We'd all be in better shape and so would the world.

[Cypeq]

@BullitSki who will build this gigantic pipe infrastructure ? i bet the buisnessman in Armani's suit want's to pedal to work and get all sweaty :S

[maddycaddy]

@BullitSki Google have just paid the company 1 million to develop their idea for monorail use in the city. Google it! :)

[Ashleyfuckingaccess]

shweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeb (L)!

[malajala123]

Haha I would definitely ride that on my way to work :D