Each week, we spotlight a cool innovation recommended by some of the industry's top tech writers. This week's pick is the Hyperloop, a futuristic passenger pod.
Elon Musk's dream of a "Hyperloop" underground transit system that propels passengers at 750 mph through underground magnetic tubes is slowly taking shape, said Jon Porter at The Verge. HyperloopTT, one of several startups racing to make Musk's vision a reality, recently unveiled its first full-scale passenger capsule. The 5-ton, 105-foot-long Quintero One is almost completely constructed from sensor-embedded carbon fiber.
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