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   Leigh Dodds (ldodds@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 01:32:52 JST Leigh Dodds

   Tech to fix potholes, a brief incomplete history:

   2025, AI obviously
   2024, "Advanced Imagery System"
   2021, "Drones and 3D printing"
   2020, "Data from Uber and Deliveroo"
   2020, "An AI app for cyclists"
   2017, "Cars of the future"
   2013, "A smartphone app for cyclists"

   • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 repeated this.
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     Leigh Dodds (ldodds@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 01:33:08 JST Leigh Dodds

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     https://www.gov.uk/government/news/transport-secretary-pledges-to-fix-pothole-plague-as-she-sees-cutting-edge-repair-technology-in-action-on-blackpool-visit

     https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multimillion-pound-initiative-to-improve-local-roads-across-england

     https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-accelerating-pothole-mapping-project-to-support-motorists-and-cyclists-ahead-of-school-return

     https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-improve-road-journeys-across-the-country-with-93-million-investment-and-cutting-edge-transport-tech

     https://www.gov.uk/government/news/highways-englands-intelligent-network-of-the-future

     https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-backs-smartphone-app-to-pinpoint-potholes

     Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 repeated this.
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     Leigh Dodds (ldodds@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 01:33:16 JST Leigh Dodds

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     That list is alike a potted history of recent uk tech hype.

     The lack of a blockchain or VR based solution are signs of a missed soundbite for someone.

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     Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 01:33:27 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

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     @ldodds glorious list. We need more of such lists.

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     Smári McCarthy (smari@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 01:45:08 JST Smári McCarthy

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     • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

     @rysiek @ldodds Arguably, we need fewer such lists -- coupled strongly with fewer occasions to make them.

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     Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 01:45:08 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

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     • Smári McCarthy

     @smari @ldodds strong agree.

     In the short term having more such lists is a way of having fewer of them in the long term. :blobcatcoffee: