The first passengers have successfully travelled in a hyperloop pod in the desert of Nevada. The test was carried out by Virgin Hyperloop, one of a number of companies seeking to bring the technology ...

Swisspod employees gathered with local and national leaders to test the company's Aerys1 hyperloop capsule model, designed and built in Colorado Springs, on the company's hyperloop test track at the ...

Virgin's hyperloop system uses magnetic levitation technology to reduce friction and low-pressure sealed vacuums along the track that minimize air resistance. Virgin Hyperloop Smithsonian's 175th ...

Watch previous coverage above: Swisspod’s Aerys 1 sets hyperloop speed record in Pueblo (PUEBLO, Colo.) — Swisspod, a company developing hyperloop technology in Pueblo, said it has set a new world ...

For those unfamiliar, a hyperloop is a currently experimental form of public transportation originally conceptualized by Elon Musk, in which a passenger capsule is sealed into a borderline ...

Virgin Hyperloop promises a future with transport pods zooming through tubes at hundreds of miles per hour. To get there, it's built a prototype in a Nevada desert. Claire Reilly was a video host, ...

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It’s been almost ten years since Elon Musk brought hyperloop technology back into modern public consciousness with a 2013 research paper. His Space X sponsored The Hyperloop Pod Competition spawning ...

In 2013, Elon Musk had a singular idea to revolutionize intercity transport — and it had nothing to do with Tesla. Instead of self-driving electric vehicles ferrying people to and from the office, he ...

Some 18 months ago, Virgin Hyperloop became the first company to transport people via hyperloop, a high-speed transportation system that involves propelling floating pods through low-pressure tubes at ...