Stephen Cook: Seems the new technologies are already with us. While it’s still a hypothetical project, the theory and concepts behind the Hyperloop are straight from our immediate future. Thanks to Cosmic Vision News’ Geoffrey West and Lance
Elon Musk Releases Plans for Hyperloop High-Speed Train
By Nick Bilton, The New York Times – August 13, 2013
Never let it be said that Elon Musk, a serial entrepreneur who was a co-founder of PayPal and the electric car company Tesla Motors, is afraid to think big.
Musk on Monday harked back to the days of the late-1990s tech bubble – when no idea seemed too big or too expensive – by showing off plans for a project that seems the stuff of science fiction.
The hypothetical project is called the Hyperloop, a high-speed train that would take people to San Francisco from Los Angeles in 30 minutes. That is a speed of almost 1300 kilometres per hour.
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