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UK Government to Announce Next Steps for High Speed Rail in March 2010

Green Car Congress

High Speed Two—the company set up to advise on the development of high speed rail services between London and Scotland—will deliver its report to the Government by the end of the year. If the Government decides to pursue proposals for high speed rail, it will publish a white paper by the end of March 2010. billion (US$9.4

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Hologram-in-a-Box Can Teleport You Anywhere

Cars That Think

Now, sans the glasses, two venture-backed companies are impressing viewers with ostensibly similar technologies. In both cases, a person in a studio—the presenter—can appear in full-size, lifelike 3D form and interact with people anywhere in the world where one or more booths are hooked up to the companies' networks via the internet.