Wow, Musk has made a lot of progress on his idea of a hyperloop.
http://www.iflscience.com/elon-musks...sort-happening
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Hyperloop is a concept for a transportation system whereby a capsule inside a near-vacuum tube can accelerate up to around 1,220 kilometers (760 miles) per hour, providing a rapid transport system for passengers. It’s estimated that a trip from Washington D.C. to New York City would take just 30 minutes.
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction – and at the moment, it is. But the company that is aiming to develop this technology has
announced they are making significant progress, and will start building a test track next year in Quay Valley, California.
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk first proposed the idea of the Hyperloop in
2013. At the time, he said he wasn’t looking to develop the idea himself, but was instead releasing the idea for others to develop. Thus sprung up Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (
HTT), founded by JumpStartFund, who decided to push ahead with Hyperloop’s development.
The company has been looking for volunteers across a range of disciplines – from engineers to technicians – to help make the dream a reality. The company has now revealed they have more than 400 professionals on board, while companies including Oerlikon, Aecom and Hodgetts & Fung were involved to provide support. And they also confirmed 2016 as the year they would start building the first test track.