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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on November 10, 2020, 02:35:13 pm
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https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2020/1109/1176870-hyperloop/ (https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2020/1109/1176870-hyperloop/)
Two people become first to test hyperloop transport
Updated / Monday, 9 Nov 2020 08:09
Two people have become the first passengers on a Hyperloop, a technology considered to be the future of high-speed ground transport.
The Virgin Hyperloop made its first journey carrying passengers yesterday, in a test the company claimed represented a major step forward for the "groundbreaking" technology capable of transporting people at 1,000 kilometres an hour.
The Hyperloop is intended to carry passengers in small pods through a vacuum tube, with proponents arguing it could revolutionize high-speed travel.
Virgin says the Hyperloop will be able to reach top speeds of 1,080km/h - projecting a 45-minute journey from Los Angeles to San Francisco - and will produce no carbon emissions.
But until yesterday the technology, first proposed by eccentric US tech magnate Elon Musk in 2012, had not been tested with people on board.
Two Virgin employees made the 500-metre journey in a two-person vehicle in just 15 seconds at a test site in the Nevada desert.
Passenger Sara Luchian told the BBC she felt the trip was "exhilarating both psychologically and physically", and reported no discomfort.
Once brought into regular use, the pods will be able to transport up to 28 people at a time, Virgin says, with larger models for moving goods also in development.
Virgin's Hyperloop has raised more than $400 million, largely from company CEO Richard Branson and the logistics company DP World, which is owned by the Dubai government. Virgin is one of a number of companies working to develop the technology.
While Mr Branson hailed the success of the "groundbreaking" Hyperloop, concerns have dogged developers about just how safe the technology would be.
One researcher at Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology, argued that the high speeds involved could turn the Hyperloop into a "barf ride."
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https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2020/1109/1176870-hyperloop/ (https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2020/1109/1176870-hyperloop/)
The Hyperloop is intended to carry passengers in small pods through a vacuum tube, with proponents arguing it could revolutionize high-speed travel.
Virgin says the Hyperloop will be able to reach top speeds of 1,080km/h - projecting a 45-minute journey from Los Angeles to San Francisco - and will produce no carbon emissions.
I wonder how much it would cost to build a 'vacuum tube' from LA to SF? Are the Sierra Mountains in the way?
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Prefer this machine!!
https://youtu.be/RDBzXYjkl8k
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rofl In test run, Hyperloop travels almost as fast as Toyota Yaris (https://boingboing.net/2020/11/12/in-test-run-hyperloop-travels-almost-as-fast-as-toyota-yaris.html)
Virgin's implementation of the Hyperloop vacuum-tube train hit 100 miles per hour in a test run yesterday, only 8 MPH short of the top speed of the Toyota Yaris. Congratulations, everyone!
What is it they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity? oops
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Who will want to travel .Just stick on a pair of Virtual reality goggles and you can imagine your there from your sofa .If you want to visit a warm country just stick on two bars of the electric fire and a Gypsy Kings CD .You wonder about these Scientists worrying if it would go to fast for a human just like 150 years ago they thought if a train went at more than 30MPH a human might burst .If you want to make serious coin invent a really comfortable Chair .You can Work from home order food or clothes or drink or drugs so no need ever to leave your chair ,all it needs is a shit shoot a piss flap and a jet wash .You could be dropped out of your oulone placed in a chair and live all your life in that chair they could even have an ignition switch on the chair to cremate you .....You can have that Idea for nothing Elon .
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Prefer this machine!!
https://youtu.be/RDBzXYjkl8k (https://youtu.be/RDBzXYjkl8k)
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That Hyperloop thingey is part of the opening credits of Futurama the TV Cartoon set in the future .I watched a Podcast of the Directors of the show and they were saying how they get the ideas for the future is they employ young graphic artists straight from University .Most of these Students know or have heard of research that these universities are working on .This China Chill has shown us a Lot of People can work from home get everything delivered straight from the Manufacturers cut out the middle man .If things keep progressing we will reach a point where people will be wasting Food Water Air we wont serve any purpose .One of the inventions on that Show is a suicide booth .Will both Work and Humans become obsolete ?Dockers ,Miners ,Barrell Makers Bunty middle aged women working in the office making up the wages all replaced by machines .Population of the world in 1900 was under 2 billion .Now its 7 billion The Americans went to war for Oil will the Chinease go to war for Food .
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Thatcherite lol
Who remembers her now apart from those who
Hate her
Hope she's burning in hell rofl
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Branson was one of her "special" advisers. Done a fair bit of snooping on Republicans over here by all accounts... known to befriend working class joes like security men, limo drivers, etc...