Fuzz -- it's both brilliant AND ridiculous.
I sometimes hate the public reaction to "blue sky" ideas like this. People's first instinct is to say "that won't work because..." But the point is not to actually start building and using these, but to use the concept to break the boundaries of traditional thinking and thereby find other, realistic ways to improve the problems. It is ridiculous right now...and that's why it's brilliant.
Publicizing ideas like this could spur research in other related industries (like GNSS navigation) or even in unrelated industries (like how to manage traffic through a seaport or a parking lot). Or even things that have nothing to do with traffic management...maybe it'll make someone stop and think about more efficient ways to change on-the-fly during a hockey game?
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