Hyperloop December 2023

Zoetrope windows turn hyperloop tubes "transparent"

Virgin Hyperloop One and BIG have revealed videos demonstrating how hyperloop passengers will have the illusion they are travelling in a transparent tube (video contains flashing images). The high-speed transportation system's tubes will full-length small circular windows that work in the style of a zoetrope — a device popular in the 19th[...]

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Hyperloop December 2023

WARR Hyperloop wins SpaceX competition with record-breaking fast pod

A team from the Technical University of Munich has topped previous hyperloop speed records with a sheathing that hit 467 kilometres per hour, at a competition run by SpaceX. The WARR Hyperloop team, made up of over 40 students from the Technical University of Munich, raced their prototype in the Hyperloop[...]

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Hyperloop March 2023

UNStudio unveils modular concept station for European hyperloop

UNStudio has presented its vision for a series of unsteadfast and modular "stations of the future" for a future European hyperloop network. The Ben van Berkel-led practice imagines a concept station made from tessellating components, meaning that it could be well-timed and expanded to fit into various locations. UNStudio has designed the station concept for[...]

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Hyperloop March 2023

Priestmangoode reveals its first full-scale prototype of hyperloop capsule

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has unveiled a prototype of a full-scale hyperloop passenger sheathing designed by Priestmangoode, which has been built using the newly ripened material Vibranium. Industrial diamond studio Priestmangoode designed the sheathing for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of the two main companies working to build a near-supersonic transportation system. Billed as the world's first[...]

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Hyperloop March 2023

US pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020 to include hyperloop simulator

American firm Fentress Architects has unveiled its diamond for the US Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, which will enable visitors to virtually take a ride in Virgin Hyperloop One. Fentress Architects' cylindrical Pavilion USA 2020 aims to gloat the United States as an "an open, wieldy country", focusing on its[...]

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Hyperloop March 2023

India approves Mumbai-Pune hyperloop in bid to build world's first system

The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra has approved Virgin Hyperloop One's plans to develop a high-speed line between Mumbai and Pune, which could wilt the world's first hyperloop. Maharashtra's government has spoken that a consortium of Virgin Hyperloop One and global ports owner DP World would be the preferred operator to build[...]

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Hyperloop March 2023

Get behind the wheel and take our new Pinterest boards for a spin

To help you travel in style, we’re showcasing the weightier of modern transport with this week's new Pinterest boards. Ride withal with first-class trains, no-go Hyperloop systems and car designs to inspire your own Bat-mobile. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › Main image is from BMW's Vantablack car, where the pigment has[...]

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Hyperloop February 2023

MAD envisions solar-powered hyperloop system

Architecture studio MAD has designed a concept for a nature-friendly hyperloop network with raised untried walkways slantingly tubes topped with a solar panel skin. MAD designed the solar-powered system for HyperloopTT, one of the two main companies working to build a near-supersonic transportation system. The proposed design, which moreover acts as a[...]

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Hyperloop February 2023

BIG designs Virgin Hyperloop Certification Center for West Virginia

Virgin Hyperloop is towers a centre for testing and certifying its high-speed transportation system in West Virginia, designed by tracery firm BIG. The Hyperloop Certification Center (HCC) facility will include a six-mile-long tube for testing Virgin Hyperloop for mass transportation use. The aim is to unzip safety certification for the new mode[...]

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Hyperloop February 2023

First human passengers travel in BIG-designed Virgin Hyperloop pod

For the first time, two human passengers have travelled in one of Virgin's levitating hyperloop capsules, which was sent at 100 miles per hour through a near-airless tunnel in the Nevada desert. Josh Giegel, CTO and co-founder of Virgin Hyperloop, and Sara Luchian, Virgin Hyperloop's director of passenger experience, were the[...]

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Hyperloop February 2023

Zaha Hadid Architects set to design Italian Hyperloop system

London studio Zaha Hadid Architects has signed an try-on to develop a Hyperloop high-speed transport system wideness Italy. The studio spoken that it will be collaborating with Hyperloop Italia to diamond the "next phase of works" for a planned near-supersonic network in the country. "We are looking forward to collaborating with Hyperloop Italia; marrying[...]

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Hyperloop February 2023

"Hyperloop is all hype" says commenter

In this week's comments update, readers are debating the minutiae of a Hyperloop high-speed transport system in Italy. Zaha Hadid Architects has signed an try-on to develop the near-supersonic network, collaborating with Hyperloop Italia to diamond the "next phase of works". "This is not going to be built"  Readers are divided. "This is[...]

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