Magic Pods

PLP Lab revealed the lat­est design for SkyPod, featuring an innovative propulsion system based on Maglev technology to delegates at the 22nd International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies.

Despite many advances in technol­ogy, the elevator has not changed in over 150 years: a single cab hoisted up and down in an otherwise empty shaft. This shaft is one of the most expensive, underused and inefficient pieces of real estate in the world. At street level and below ground, as soon as a taxi cab or underground train passes, the next follows on its tail. These are looped transporta­tion systems – multi-directional, adaptable and super-efficient. Why shouldn’t elevators behave the same way?

SkyPod is a research project that achieves this. With the advent of autonomous vehicles, a transport revolution is poised to radically transform the way people move within the cities. SkyPod leverages these advances and extends them vertically to achieve a three-dimen­sional urban mobility protocol that is on-demand, ultra-responsive and point-to-point.

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