Channel: Fw:Thinking

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: planecityjapanairfloatseafwthinkingfloatingthamesjetlandhumanityaircraftfuturismevolutiontechnologytransportwaterairportoceanmega-floatfuturetransitscience newstravelbritannia

Description: Imagine this: entire airports that FLOAT on water. I know what you're thinking, 'Cool idea, Jonathan, but that will never actually happen!' Well maybe... but maybe not! Floating airports would solve some major problems that plague their land-bound cousins, offering virtually unlimited runway expansion to cities with very limited land area. Recently we've seen some serious efforts to turn floating airports into reality. From the experimental Mega-Float project in Japan, to the proposed London Britannia Airport in the Thames Estuary, today we're looking at the crazy engineering ideas that could be the future of airports! What do you think? Are floating airports worth considering in the future, or should we be focusing more attention on alternative means of transportation like the hyperloop? Let's talk about it in the comments below! ------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to Fw:Thinking: youtube.com/subscription_c... For the audio podcast, blog and more, visit the Fw:Thinking website: fwthinking.com Fw:Thinking on Twitter: twitter.com/fwthinking Jonathan Strickland on Twitter: twitter.com/jonstrickland Fw:Thinking on Facebook: facebook.com/FWThinking01 Fw:Thinking on Google+: plus.google.com/u/0/108500616... Category Science & Technology License Standard YouTube License