Austria
Thinking about Hyperloop & border fences
art, Austria, Bratislava, collage, commuters, fence, hyperloop, mobility, technology, transport, Uncategorized, video art, ViennaVideo art created for the exhibition ‘Balkanization’ – Vienna, Friday Exit, April 2016.
Hyperloop to connect Vienna and Bratislava
Austria, Bratislava, Budapest, commuters, guest-workers, mobility, presence, Slovakia, transport, Uncategorized, ViennaImage source: Hyperloop Transport Technologies
Hypertropy of the periphery? Plans to build hyperloop between Bratislava, Vienna and Budapest. Will it lead under Fico’s fence?
A journey from Bratislava to Budapest via Vienna can currently take up to five hours by train. But according to the firm, that journey could be cut to just 18 minutes if and when the system is fully operational.
Slovakia is a technological leader in the automotive, material science and energy industries – many of the areas that are integral to the Hyperloop system. (…)Having a European Hyperloop presence will incentivise collaboration and innovation within Slovakia and throughout Europe
Dirk Ahlborn, Hyperloop’s chief executive
source: http://www.dezeen.com/…/hyperloop-to-connect-european…/
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a short reader on this topic:
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/slovakia-great-first-stop-hyperloop-no-joke/
http://www.dezeen.com/2016/03/11/hyperloop-to-connect-european-cities-bratislava-vienna-budapest/
http://derstandard.at/2000032682596/Hyperloop-koennte-Wien-mit-Bratislava-und-Budapest-verbinden
http://www.etrend.sk/technologie/z-bratislavy-do-viedne-za-osem-minut-hyperloop-smeruje-na-slovensko.html
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*well, good luck to everybody who’s going from Bratislava to Budapest via Vienna…
Border crossing Spielfeld-Straß 1972
Austria, Balkans, commuters, guest-workers, history, mobility, transportAn article/research by Peter Payer about guest workers’ route to Austria from the south and about expansion of the border crossing for the multi-track clearance. (in German)
Tatort – Grenzfall
Austria, history
The latest episode the Austrian TV-crimi series Tatort is dealing with murder of an Austrian citizen on Czechoslovak border in the 1960s, based on a true story – and tracing out unexpected connections…
http://www.daserste.de/…/sen…/tatort-wien-grenzfall-100.html
(video and description in German)