Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
Or billionaire tech porn?
There are not many details about it yet, but he touts it as "the fifth major tent pole for modern transportation, placing it on a pedestal beside planes, trains, boats and automobiles."
He has described it as a “cross between a Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table”
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/07/15/musk-will-publish-designs-for-hyperloop-a-transport-system-faster-than-the-bullet-train-on-aug-12/
http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-has-plans-for-faster-transportation-called-the-hyperloop-2013-5 7/23/2013 2:13:41 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148329 Posts user info edit post |
Should be cool, until the battery dies and it becomes a brick 7/23/2013 2:24:42 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
Is this the mag-lev trains in a vacuum idea? If so, it sounds like a neat idea, but stupidly expensive to build large scale. 7/23/2013 2:34:18 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
No bathrooms in the cars 7/23/2013 4:35:06 PM |
puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
I think I heard the air was pressurized... Combo of air gun and maglev or something. But the air hockey mention makes me wonder if that's wrong. 7/23/2013 6:54:57 PM |
Igor All American 6672 Posts user info edit post |
Combo of a maglev and a rail gun.. Vacuum just to reduce friction, not as as a power source. 7/23/2013 11:57:52 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
reminds me of http://www.damninteresting.com/the-remarkable-pneumatic-people-mover/ 7/24/2013 9:03:32 AM |
Agent 0 All American 5677 Posts user info edit post |
7/24/2013 9:39:37 AM |