The Hyperloop
You know
that awkward in-between when you’re traveling? When you’re not far enough to
fly but sitting in a car or bus for 12 grueling hours sounds terrible as well?
Well Elon-Musk’s proposition of a Hyperloop may be the answer you’re looking
for.
Proposed
by Elon Musk, the Hyperloop is a form of transportation which utilizes a near vacuum
and a metal capsule. The capsule travels through the tube exhausting the
majority of the air in the back and a bit on the bottom while taking the air
from the front. This causes an air pressure difference, pushing it forward.
Because the system is not limited by wheels or other mechanical moving parts it
does not need have the limiters of wheeled forms of transportation such as
traction and heat.
In today’s
market there are two competitors to create the Hyperloop. One is run by Elon
Musk himself and the other is Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, a company
backed by many venture capitalists to compete with Elon in the Hyperloop
creation. This competition is healthy, pushing both sides to develop their
concept faster and better than the other, and hopefully it will turn the
Hyperloop concept into a reality.
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