437.Chapter 437: Sky
The power of the Windsor Empire spread to the Yangtze River like a countercurrent originating from Shanghai, passing through Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang to Nanjing, and then to Anqing, Jiujiang, and finally to Wuhan, which is known as the canal of nine provinces. This is an important industrial town in the Qing Dynasty, and Boss Tang also arranged a new industry for Wuhan - the latest version of the communication pen.
The first version of the communication pen was mainly for calls, and typing with a stylus was not so smooth. In the second edition, the smart communication pen, the innovative projection pen brings the interaction of mobile communication to a new level. Compared to Leica mobile phones, the advantages of smart communication pens are ultra-portable and easy to display space.
This third edition, it is more necessary to give full play to the "big screen" and portability of the projector. This time, the "pen" disappears, and the whole pen body is integrated, like a flawless tube, with only a small lifting ring in the middle, which can pull a screen out.
The screen can be pulled to two sizes, one is 210*148 mm, that is, A5, its role is to imitate the size of a book, you can pinch the tube body of the round tube with one hand, and the projector turns this A5 screen into an e-book. It's an ultra-light e-book that weighs only 50 grams.
The other size is 297*210 mm, that is, the size of A4 paper, and its function is to use it for surfing the Internet and watching videos, which is equivalent to 14. 3-inch computer screen. One of the more interesting innovations here is that the "screen" with the tube pen as a stand has a built-in self-balancing mechanism.
Therefore, the screen can not only stand on its own, but also can be rotated to various angles, as long as the angle with the desktop is greater than 30 degrees, it can balance itself, becoming an excellent portable screen.
This luxurious large screen from a pen can of course be operated by finger touch, but it can be equipped with a portable "mechanical keyboard", the size is only half the size of a poker, divided into three layers, three layers are opened, through the guò magnet put together, one is the left-handed keyboard, one is the right-handed keyboard, and the middle of a space bar, when the three keyboard parts are magnetic together, the screen automatically switches to the mechanical keyboard input mode.
Although this elf-like mechanical keyboard is miniatial, it has a surprisingly good feel, full of elasticity, and a crisp sound, which is exceptionally pleasant. The feedback is very good, so that its user error rate is very small, and it is better than some soft keyboards from small manufacturers.
Imagine a mobile computer with 14. The 3-inch screen, but only 50 grams, is the charm of the third edition of the communication pen. It's no wonder that consumers have responded strongly to this new product. Its price inherited the 10 euros of the second version of the communication pen, while the second version of the communication pen became 6 euros, and the first generation of the entry-level communication pen was reduced to 3 euros.
The market coverage of mobile communication devices, including Leica mobile phones, has reached 1%, that is, 12 million mobile communication users worldwide. In the PC market, IBM has far exceeded Moore's law at this time, the performance doubles every 18 months, the price doubles, and every year IBM's PC price drops sharply, until the initial PC version becomes 1 euro a unit, so the user coverage of the PC has reached 5%, that is, there are 60 million users worldwide.
These figures are similar in the United Nations and the Entente, because this is a highly monopolistic market, and the rudimentary telegraphs, telephones, and PCs of Edison Electric and Siemens Electric cannot be sold at all.
Mobile communication changes life, and Boss Tang is very clear that in the near future, mobile devices will surpass PCs. In today's big cities, there are already many young people who walk and sit in the car, holding a communication pen in their hands to play, or a Leica mobile phone.
No matter how technology changes life, it can't change the reality that metropolises will always get benefits first than rural and small towns, and Beijing has become the first city in the world with a population of more than 5 million, and people like Munich, San Francisco, and Kolkata are also very close.
Even if Boss Tang invented so many means of transportation, when it came to the rush hour of work, all the workers poured out of the nest, and they were also drunk. Everyone looks at the fully automated magic road, a large number of good young people are stepping on magic shoes to "fly" within a close range, and they are also very tired.
Boss Tang's team of engineers has come up with an air mobility concept to ease the increasingly tight metropolitan traffic. Didn't Downing invent a powered paraglider like the "Chieftain's Wings" before? Engineers say paragliding is good.
Yes, yes, but paragliding has a big problem at the moment, because it needs a run for takeoff, just like an airplane needs a runway, it is not so suitable in such a crowded environment in the city. However, as soon as the problem was raised, the engineers immediately had a solution.
Boss Tang also invented a rotor that can be tilted, turning the propeller of the power paraglider into a tiltable one, and the result is that the paraglider can take off and land vertically. Hey? That's a great idea. During this time, Boss Tang was watching the team develop urban paragliders that can take off and land at precise locations.
This principle is quite simple, that is, the propeller that has been placed between the umbrella and the person becomes a helicopter, which is the form of take-off and landing, when the paraglider lifts off, the rotor slowly turns around as a propeller, and the entire power plant is a double rotor, similar to the concept of vertical take-off and landing fighters of the Windsor Empire.
This is an urban project, and noise control is very important, so it does not rise quickly, ensuring that passers-by are not disturbed by the sound of huge rotors. In addition to this, there are many similar considerations in the planning of urban paragliding.
For example, how to solve the safety problem of abnormal landing? If you fall into traffic, you can imagine the danger, so these urban paragliders basically follow those special air passages built for solos. In the unfortunate event that the paraglider falls, the SOLO viaduct has sufficient strength to ensure the safety of the flying passengers.
At worst, let the flight path follow the sidewalk, and at most fall into the crowd and become a laughing stock, rather than falling into the motorway and become a meatloaf.
At this time, the importance of municipal control can be seen, and the Windsor Empire has perfected three-dimensional transportation, and can find relatively wide public green spaces in the city as "airports" for take-off and landing. In addition, paragliding is a means of transportation within the city to achieve automatic driving, except in open parks and green spaces, free driving is not allowed in the city, and it is not possible to fly around.
There are also many drones in Windsor, and if there are a large number of birdmen flying freely in the air, the probability of an accident is too great. In addition, all urban drones and paragliders and other tools are equipped with small GPS tools, and once two people meet in the air, the autopilot equipment will stagger the left and right sides (both dodge to the right) at a distance of tens of meters to avoid colliding in the air.
The flight altitude of the paraglider is best basically fixed, generally more than 30 meters above the height of most buildings, and the buildings will be uniformly raised after the buildings become higher in the future. This is the initial stage of the development of urban paragliding, and in the future, it will be possible to set up an air network at 40 meters or 50 meters.
Air traffic has high requirements for the preservation of vehicles, so all urban paragliders are kept in a fixed place, similar to the fact that buses have to stay in a parking lot every night. General Dynamics will organize manpower to inspect the paraglider every day, and fix the problem the same night.
Due to the uniform and strict storage, there is no need to check before departure, but before departure, the paraglider will fly a circle at a low altitude, and at this time the birds can check whether there is a problem by themselves, and the probability of a problem is very small.
At first, people thought that air traffic was very exciting, but unexpectedly, the first wave of urban paragliding was basically completely along the solo green channel, only two meters high from the roof of the channel, even if it fell down strongly, it would not be seriously injured, people who like excitement were disappointed, and conservative, people with fear of heights finally put down their suspense, it turned out that the height of two meters was "air traffic", hehe.
The result is that citizens regard this kind of conservative and safe near-earth air traffic as an extension of ground transportation, and the annual rent of paragliding in each city is only 5 euros, and you can also really fly in the park, how cost-effective.
Brave young people quickly accepted this difficult means of transportation, and its users grew explosively, renting out 50,000 yuan in the first week in Beijing, greatly alleviating Beijing's traffic congestion.
Sometimes the wind in Beijing is not suitable for paragliding flight, and the engineering team immediately improved the plan, and the paraglider's twin rotors have increased power, which can be lifted into the air without a paragliding cover, and then the noise is mostly there, but because of the wind covering, the feeling is not so strong.
At this time, the paraglider becomes a personal helicopter, and the passengers are also wrapped in an enclosed space, because the wind at this time is so strong that the average person can no longer stand it.
After the training of near-earth air vehicles, many birdmen are becoming more and more bold, and when the air traffic is getting more and more crowded, they bravely leave a safe distance of two meters and finally fly to a height of 30 meters. Speeds of about 25 km/h at close ground and up to 50 km/h at 30 meters in the air have the advantage of overcoming heart barriers.
The benefits of developing three-dimensional transportation are really immediate, the original speed of Beijing cars at peak time was 10 kilometers per hour, but now it has been increased to 20 kilometers per hour, and the smooth feeling is obvious. Later, this 10 km/h limit became a decision-making argument for General Dynamics to develop three-dimensional transportation in a city, and whenever the number is hourly, it can start planning air traffic.
Munich, Kolkata, and Milan have reached this standard line in turn, and together with Beijing, they have become the four major cities in the sky. London, Paris, New York and other old metropolises are depressed and have extremely high unemployment, and they can't be congested