DELFT, NETHERLANDS — A Dutch tech startup and a construction company on Thursday unveiled a Hyperloop test facility, a steel tube that will be used to help develop the futuristic high-speed transportation system. It is a first step toward developing the system in the Netherlands, a key European transportation transport hub, and beyond. He described the concept as “a sort of on-demand, high-speed transportation system for everyone.”The Hyperloop was first proposed in 2013 by SpaceX and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk to transport “pods” of people through a tube at speeds of roughly 700 m.p.h. A Hyperloop has levitating pods powered by electricity and magnetism that hurtle through low-friction pipes. The new test facility, a 30-metre long, 3.2-meter diameter tube, is at Delft Technical University.

Source: thestar June 01, 2017 17:37 UTC