successfully tested the basic technology of this transport system that uses magnetism and a tunnel under low pressure to change how we think trains
US technology companies have made the “disruption” their life philosophy and now want to revolutionize the railroad with “Hyperloop”, a train would approach the . speed of sound and already aspire to develop dozens of companies
in 2013, the magnate and guru of innovation Elon Musk (SpaceX and Tesla) outlined the idea of ”Hyperloop” means a levitation train that shift into tubes where air resistance would be almost nil to allow these futuristic cars chafe or exceed the speed of sound.
Since then, Musk has opened your idea to everyone who wants to recreate and has created a competition with funding to accelerate the development of concepts and prototypes whose response has exceeded early expectations.
on Wednesday, the first of those companies, Hyperloop One, which has attracted more than 80 million dollars initial investment, tested in the Nevada desert (USA) engine prototype magnetic propulsion (more like a linear electric motor which levitation).
Although they were only a few seconds acceleration towards a sandbank that stopped the device, this is the first step to demonstrate the feasibility of a project that curiously is given in a country where high speed trains (a widespread reality in countries like Japan, France or Spain) is nonexistent.
the interest has attracted teams of university or entrepreneurs, but also of railway undertakings and the French SNCF, who see serious potential in a concept that would revolutionize road transport, tripling high current and able to overcome the times of commercial aviation speed.
the promoters of this new system call it the great medium fifth transport history, after the boat, railway, automobile and airplane .
Rob Lloyd, CEO of Hyperloop one, believes the system will be operational in 2020, although some critics believe that this would only be possible with a more than 6000 billion spending Musk considers it would cost to join the 600 kilometers from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
doubts arise when more long-lived projects applying expensive technology maglev you look.
” Maglev “a concept born in the 70s but did not materialize until 2004, on the train linking Shanghai with its airport, have not become an alternative to steel wheels of trains.
the Japanese project to cover 500 kilometers between Tokyo and Osaka in an hour with a new line Maglev is budgeted at 88,000 million, an astronomical figure compared with estimates of cost of “Hyperloop” Musk.
But the race for the “Hyperloop” does not seem to fall into despair, a feeling that is characteristic of enthusiastic entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley, who have spent chip, the personal computer and the Internet to conquer space technology, or upend automotive sectors settled as the host, taxi or logistics.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) said it has discovered a technology that tremendously cheapen magnetic levitation by applying a method known as “passive maglev”
the technique transfers the source electrical the wagon “Hyperloop” with a combination of magnets to orient the magnetic field in one direction and maximize the effect of levitation, while a linear electric motor (similar to Hyperloop One) drives the train forward.
In this case, levitation occurs only when the “Hyperloop” acquires a certain speed, but once suspended above the road, the device does not have to beat almost any friction and can reach never seen speeds before.
But as they are well known in Silicon Valley, from concept to reality may be a stretch sometimes insurmountable, especially when it’s not about software or consumer electronics, but to reach Mars or end forever the limitations of land transport.
Agency EFE
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