longdistance travel has come a long way actually no pun intended in the last 200
years we've gone from horsedrawn carriages to trains to cars to
commercial flights that can get you halfway around the world in less than a
day's time but we've always dreamed of faster ways to get around and one such
mode of transportation is in the works
thanks to hyperloop the hyperloop could even outstrip Jets without requiring you
to leave the freaking ground which is awesome you see the Loop superficially
resembles a train or a monil but can actually go much faster thanks to the
elimination of most sources of friction the same force that slows your car down
when you apply the brakes if you didn't know that some high-speed trains like
the Shanghai maglev in China that can
reach nearly 270 mph reduce friction by
using magnets to make them levitate above the rail so it's not actually
touching anything the hyperloop however goes one step further by placing
capsules inside of a tube which is a partial vacuum so there's much less air
to push against the vehicle on top of this the capsules are suspended in
midair by air casters similar to how pucks on an air hockey table are able to
float around although the hyperloop does use linear induction motors which are
magnetic to accelerate and decelerate the vehicle the air casters are a much
cheaper simpler and longer lasting way to keep it floating in midair and
finally the hyperloop vehicle itself contains an air compressor near the
front to intake excess air in the tube and exhaust it out the back because the
excess air would otherwise cause air resistance or drag that would slow the
vehicle down the compressor is necessary to remove this air and make sure the
hyperloop can attain its top speed and
speaking of top speed when you put all of this together you have a system that
is theoretically capable of going 760
mph just below the speed of sound that
fast enough to get you from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just 35 minutes
which is twice as fast as the typical commercial flight between those cities
and obviously way faster than sitting on the 101 during rush hour okay sounds
amazing where can I buy my ticket so that I don't have to give any more money
away to the airlines that won't even give me a free freaking bag of peanuts
anymore well unfortunately the hyperloop is still just a concept but the good
news is that since it was first proposed in 2012 by Elon Musk there has been some
real traction okay that was a pun with trying
to get the hyperloop system built one of musk's many successful companies has
made the technology behind the hyperloop open source so that other companies and
institutions are welcome to develop and improve upon the hyperloop idea a test
facility with a short run of hyperloop track is planned in Nevada and Slovakia
is currently exploring building a hyperloop in its capital brus laava but
as with any new extremely exciting technology there are challenges to be
worked out such as the stresses it might put on the human body quick changes in
velocity such as when the hyperloop speeds up slows down or has to go over
Hills might put forces on passengers that might make things a little
uncomfortable especially if they have to get up to use to the
bathroom yeah plus since most proposals
have the hyperloop sitting on pillars above the ground Engineers would need to
make sure it could stay safe in the event of Something Like An Earthquake
cuz a bump going at 700 and something miles an hour is going to feel pretty
rough still though the technology is being heavily explored by multiple
governments companies and universities worldwide so a future where we're all
being shot through tubes that nearly mock one might be closer than you think
no word yet though on whether they'll let you order overpriced steak and wine
on board so you can feel like a VIP like
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