Comments on: 7 Everyday Travel Technologies Originally Designed For War

By: Nick @ theboywander

Nick @ theboywander — Wed, 14 May 2014 11:44:12 +0000

Fascinating! I only recently found out one of the main highways in my home town (just north of Sydney, Australia) was actually built as an evacuation route by the US Army.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 13 May 2014 13:08:53 +0000

In reply to Daniel G.. As I recall, some of the game pieces had concealed compartments with things inside, as well.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Tue, 13 May 2014 11:10:49 +0000

In reply to Tim Richards. I could imagine the evolution being: government purpose >> g purpose >> GP ;)

By: Tim Richards

Tim Richards — Tue, 13 May 2014 11:01:25 +0000

Jeep wouldn’t derive from mumbling “general purpose”, surely, it’d be a shortening of the abbreviation GP.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Tue, 13 May 2014 10:44:51 +0000

In reply to Al. Thank you Al for adding to this post, I did not know about the "built-in" runways which I find fascinating and highly clever from an engineering and strategic point of view.