> so I wonder if the tube stuff is just a weak public cover for the military/civil emergency applications that make the technology actually interesting.
The project is quite explicitly a defence project. IanVisits is just a transport blog, so the article focus on the transport aspect of this project. But reporting else where makes it quite clear this a defence project.
The only reasons for the Tube being involved is as a test bed for the technology. It’s cheaper to put this box on a train and test it, than it is to put it on a boat or a submarine. It’s also handy that the researchers involved are based in London, so the commute to their test bed is nice and short.
The project is quite explicitly a defence project. IanVisits is just a transport blog, so the article focus on the transport aspect of this project. But reporting else where makes it quite clear this a defence project.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/15/lond...
The only reasons for the Tube being involved is as a test bed for the technology. It’s cheaper to put this box on a train and test it, than it is to put it on a boat or a submarine. It’s also handy that the researchers involved are based in London, so the commute to their test bed is nice and short.