For all those that know me - they know how much I love technology and the advancements it creates for our human civilization. It is in fact one of the reasons I started off as a computer science major. My Mom has been a computer science teacher for over 25 years and I grew up with the internet. The advancements over my lifetime have been some of the coolest things we have see in human history. The potential of the hyperloop is no different.
(Via Pocket-lint)
This article today really brought home the fact that there are individuals who will continue to push to the forefront innovation for the betterment of mankind.
(Via Arrivo)
Hyperloop firm Arrivo to create 200 mph traffic-busting tubes in downtown Denver
By: Marco della Cava
Colorado drivers may be the first to escape traffic thanks to a new partnership between state officials and a Los Angeles-based hyperloop tech company.
Arrivo founder Brogan BamBrogan joined Colorado transportation officials in Denver Tuesday to announce a partnership to create a network of roadside tubes at the congested heart of the city that promises to whisk drivers and their cars to their destinations at speeds of up to 200 mph.
The public-private players include Arrivo, the Colorado Department of Transportation and E-470 Public Highway Authority, which operates a 75-mile, user-financed toll road running along the eastern perimeter of the city. The Arrivo test site will be near E-470 and groundbreaking is slated for early 2018.
BamBrogan says Arrivo's first commercial system could be ready in 2021 depending on funding, regulatory and public-perception hurdles.
By way of pitching the Arrivo system, Colorado DOT officials speculated the network of tubes filled with high-speed trays to carry cars could cut a one-hour and ten minute drive from downtown to the airport to a 9-minute Arrivo ride. A one-hour slog down the state's busy Boulder-to-Denver highway corridor would take 8 minutes.
Full article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/11/14/colorado-drivers-may-first-escape-traffic/860696001/