'Invisible' train set to roll in 2018
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It's a train out of a "Hunger Games" world. Except it could actually happen.
A nearly invisible train designed by one of Japan's leading architects is scheduled to debut in Tokyo in 2018. Designed by award winner Kazuyo Sejima, the commuter train uses semi-reflective and semi-transparent materials to blend into the scenery whether it's traveling through the city or the countryside, according to a Newsweek report. The train "travels in a variety of different sceneries, from the mountains of Chichibu to the middle of Tokyo, and I thought it would be good if the train could gently coexist with this variety of scenery," Sejima said.
Image: Architect Kazuyo Sejima has designed a reflective train to "coexist" with changing surroundings.
