Hyperloop October 2022

The high-performance computing that made one Hyperloop teams pod possible

Enlarge / Engineering dean Gregory Washington (right) and the HyperXite hairdo proudly flank their entry in an early 2017 Hyperloop Pod Competition. (credit: Steve Zylius / UCI) Here at Ars, when we write well-nigh assembling computing clusters in the cloud, it[...]

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Hyperloop October 2022

Photos of the 11ft-diameter Hyperloop test track under construction in Nevada

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Hyperloop October 2022

70 mph and 5.3 seconds of magnetic levitation: Hyperloop One hits a milestone

built for an older competition, although this one is wider and shorter than SpaceX's."/> Enlarge / From early 2017, the Hyperloop One test track looked a lot like the one SpaceX built for an older competition, although this one is wider and shorter[...]

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Hyperloop October 2022

NY-DC Hyperloop tunnel? Musk tweets about vague verbal govt approval [Update]

Enlarge (credit: The Boring Company) Elon Musk has been talking well-nigh The Boring Company, his tunnel-digging endeavor, for months now. Today, he tweeted, “Just received verbal govt clearance for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins.” Ars[...]

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Hyperloop October 2022

Hyperloop One announces 10 routes it will study, partners with Colorado DOT

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Hyperloop October 2022

Elon Musks Boring Company is digging a 10-mile tunnel in Maryland

Enlarge / A hyperloop test track built outside SpaceX headquarters. (credit: Megan Geuss) On Thursday, Maryland officials gave Elon Musk’s Boring Visitor permission to dig a 10.1-mile tunnel “beneath the state-owned portion of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, between the Baltimore municipality[...]

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Hyperloop October 2022

Deep breath: Hyperloop-related Arrivo chooses Denver, but tickets to ride far off

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Hyperloop October 2022

Virgin Hyperloop One: Now faster than regular TGV but no rail speed record

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Hyperloop September 2022

The Boring Company gets a permit to dig up Washington DC parking lot

Enlarge / A view of the parking lot The Boring Visitor has permits to dig up (partially obscured by a tree, the parking lot on the left is for McDonald's). To the right is a mural that local cars editor Jonathan Gitlin[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

Elon Musk says The Boring Companys Loop will prioritize pedestrians, cyclists

Enlarge / A potential diamond for an electric skate. (credit: The Wearisome Company) Elon Musk started The Wearisome Company in late 2016 considering he was frustrated by sitting in his car in Los Angeles traffic. A system of tunnels, he reasoned,[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

The latest Hyperloop feasibility study aims to connect Cleveland and Chicago

Enlarge (credit: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies) The momentum between Chicago and Cleveland can take well-nigh five hours. Taking the train is a little longer—six to seven hours, depending on how many stops the train makes. It's easy to see why people would[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

Heres what Elon Musks tunnel in LA looks like [Updated]

Enlarge (credit: Boring Company) Elon Musk's Boring Company is nearing completion of its first tunnel near SpaceX headquarters. In a Thursday evening Instagram post, the mogul showed off a fly-through video: "Pending final regulatory approvals, we will be offering self-ruling rides to the[...]

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