The battery life of electric cars could be increased by the use of special recharging strips on roads which use electromagnetic fields to transfer energy to the vehicle while it's in motion. UK-based Highways England is currently testing the technology and will soon begin an 18-month trial to ascertain the viability of the concept.
This is great news to the average electric car owner, as the current operational limit is around 250 miles before a recharge is required, but if you're a hardcore Nintendo fan then this breakthrough will no doubt have you thinking of Mute City, Captain Falcon and anti-gravity racing.
As we all know, in Nintendo's famous futuristic racer F-Zero strips of the track would recharge your vehicle's shield, which - in later versions - could also be used for a short-term boost.
While the proposed network of charging lanes in the UK - which is expected to cost the UK government around £500 million over the next five years - won't imbue your humble 5-door saloon with a protective shield, it could change the way we drive forever. And who knows, frictionless anti-gravity tech could be next!
[source magazine.good.is, via twitter.com]
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Has Nintendo's patent ran out on these road side strips?
I hope they also develop the technology to make automobiles spin around sickeningly fast while also somehow managing to continue forward in a straight line. Also, Octoman.
Mhhh... Still I demand kerbs in the streets to drive Gran Turismo style, most of all.
Commence to slamming fellow commuters off the bridges!
So they are developing an F-Zero sequel after all! REAL LIFE.
"Electromagnetic fields"? Mmmh, I'm all for alternative fuel/sustainable energy and so on, but don't we have enough EM pollution?
Does that mean we'll get boost power?
BOOST POWER!
We live in an age of hover boards and recharge strips.
Never thought I'd see the day.
@andrea987
No scientific study done with actual scientists in actual scientific methods validates the EM pollution, electric sensitivities or such anomalies.
SPLATOON!
@SanderEvers
http://youtu.be/kzYb68qXpD0
The future is now.
if they can re-create the re-charge noise in f-zero when you go in the lane I'm in!
I'll be sure to hum the Mute City music whenever I drive down one of these roads.
@Mogster The NX isn't a console at all. Metroid Prime 4 will consist of bringing Kraid to life and allowing him to roam freely throughout North America.
@SanderEvers
But for a car to fly .. It's gotta have wings.
For a plane to drive .. It's gotta have proper wheels.
Like bacon & eggs or squid & ink .. Can't have one without the other 😅
frictionless anti-gravity tech... hmm!
https://youtu.be/HSheVhmcYLA
Going by the picture it looks like Frogger-zero!
BOOSTO FIAH! FULL POWAH!
Someone needs to go an build and actual F-Zero race track.
We already have hover capabilities, as seen with the Hendo hoverboard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plwX5NtF530) and the Lexus hoverboard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwSwZ2Y0Ops), and now we have rechargeable strips too.
Just make F-zero already.
If I had the money, I'd actually do it. It could be like the new F1, maybe even bigger seeing as it's all sci-fi and all, and would probably make the person who set it up millions.
@Timppis lol, sure.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electromagnetic-fields
To be a little realistic, hoverboard is well... not a thing yet, more of a gimmick. The Lexus one uses superconductor and magnetic track, in short, using it on free moving vehicle is not possible. That said, building an F-zero toy is entirely possible, it's like Tamiya that follow the tracks but levitating. Yep, that'll be awesome.
I totally hope the next thing will be cars created to nullify crashes, and simply bouncing off each other and spinning around at crazy speeds.
that sub-title really made my morning
@andrea987
Most of it said what I said. There is no harm to humans. There is no EMP -pollution
However on some parts... What a load of utter carbage.
How the hell can the government put something like that on it's pages?
That was just... frightening how stupid that was.
....I bet half of the readership is younger than the newest F Zero game. That's scary.
@Timppis Whatever makes you sleep at night, my friend. And I'm not even in the slightest the conspiracy guy, I did see some of the effects electricity pylons had on the health of people living in houses directly under it for decades, in Italy. But this isn't the place for these discussions, so I leave you in peace.
Now someone just needs to build an electric Blue Falcon that works with these things, and we're livin' the dream.
So that's what's happening to the F-Zero franchise, they're working on making it a reality instead.
show me your moves, UK.
So how would you pay for the electricity?
Think I saw this on Vsauce mind blow a year ago.
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