Engineers are working for free to make Elon Musk's Hyperloop a reality
31 Dec 2014 • engadget.comNobody laughs much at Elon Musk anymore, but plenty of people snickered at his Hyperloop idea (okay, also the killer robot thing). To remind you, the Hyperloop is a series of underground trains powered by compressed air that transport folks between cities in tubes at around Mach I. While that may sound certifiably insane, a company called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) doesn’t think so, and with the help of some UCLA students, has made considerable progress developing the idea. According to Wired, the startup (assisted by JumpStartFund investors) has enlisted top engineers from companies like Boeing, Airbus and SpaceX willing to work on Hyperloop in their spare time in exchange for stock options.
Indeed. Insane like carrying around super computers in our pockets insane. Or shooting drones out of the sky with lasers insane. Or robotic arms we control with our brains insane.
It’s only magic until it’s reality, the it’s just technology.