Inside the Hyperloop: the pneumatic travel system faster than the speed of sound - GoFuckYourself.com

Heath · 08-10-2013, 05:25 PM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...-of-sound.html

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The ?cross between Concorde, a rail gun and an air hockey table? will deliver passengers between US cities faster than the speed of sound.

The history of transport is replete with dreamers who have concocted such schemes for getting people from A to B in previously unimagined haste. And many of them have remained just that, impractical ideas on a drawing board that will never see the light of day.

But the latest mysterious project, which has had the technology world buzzing for months, has one crucial difference. Its backer is a Silicon Valley wunderkind with a proven track record of turning science fiction into reality.

Billionaire Elon Musk?s CV is impressive, to say the least. He made his initial fortune from PayPal, the online secure payment system, before going on to launch spaceships. Last year his SpaceX venture became the first private operation to dock a cargo capsule with the International Space Station.

Back on Earth, Mr Musk also founded Tesla, which has made electric sports cars viable and profitable.
The mercurial, fictional character of Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr in the Iron Man films, is reputedly based on him.

So when Mr Musk, 42, announced that he would be publishing plans for the Hyperloop on Monday, August 12 - tomorrow - scientists were sent into a tailspin.

They will have to wait for Mr Musk to post his ?alpha design? on the internet then but he has dropped several hints about its features, including that the system will be powered by solar panels.

Mr Musk will not be patenting the design and it will be ?open source?, meaning anyone can modify it, or try to build it.

The fevered speculation about what it would actually look like has ranged from wild theories on Star Trek-style teleportation to more achievable ones involving cars being pushed through vacuum sealed tunnels using magnets.

Mr Musk has denied it will be a so-called ?vactrain?, a concept that is already being pursued by a company in Colorado. His idea ?does involve a tube, but not a vacuum tube?, he said, adding: ?Not frictionless, but very low friction.?

Best-In-BC · 08-10-2013, 05:28 PM

Wicked, cant wait for NASA to Start sharing its private tech .

Phoenix · 08-10-2013, 05:42 PM

i was supposed to listen in on a hangout with elon musk and richard branson.
free hangout...only 3000 people in there...i fell asleep with the 20 minutes before it started..sucks

Bourke · 08-10-2013, 06:00 PM

"The mercurial, fictional character of Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr in the Iron Man films, is reputedly based on him."

Tony Stark was invented in 1963, 50 years ago. Musk is 42...
Stan Lee has been quoted as saying, numerous times, that Stark was based on Howard Hughes.

Seth Manson · 08-11-2013, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Bourke

"The mercurial, fictional character of Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr in the Iron Man films, is reputedly based on him."

Tony Stark was invented in 1963, 50 years ago. Musk is 42...
Stan Lee has been quoted as saying, numerous times, that Stark was based on Howard Hughes.

I realize that, sometimes, reading comprehension can be difficult for some individuals, but it clearly stated that it is the Tony Stark that was played by Robert Downey Jr. Which is obviously not the original Tony Stark that was featured in the comic books from the 60's.

Major (Tom) · 08-11-2013, 02:12 AM

So a super sonic train in a tube... But it takes two flights of stairs to get to it? You'd think something that high tech would have an elevator
Ds

arock10 · 08-11-2013, 07:45 AM

I get a little excited everytime I use the pneumatic tubes at the bank drive through because of grander ideas like this

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Bourke Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 529	"The mercurial, fictional character of Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr in the Iron Man films, is reputedly based on him." Tony Stark was invented in 1963, 50 years ago. Musk is 42... Stan Lee has been quoted as saying, numerous times, that Stark was based on Howard Hughes.