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\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n a. Do you know the means of transportation shown in the pictures? What are they? <\/span><\/p>\n b. Do you enjoy travelling at high speed? How do you feel when you travel at high speed? <\/span><\/p>\n c. What means of transportation do you think we will be using in 50 years’ time? What makes you think so?<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A hyperloop, as you may have heard, is an ultra-high-speed ground transportation system for passenger and cargo. It could see freight and passengers travelling as high as 760mph (1,220 km\/h), in a \u2018floating\u2019 pod which shoots through giant, low-pressure tubes, either above or below ground. It is a newer form of transport, currently being explored and developed by a number of companies. A hyperloop technology is still in development even though the basic concept has been around for many years. The earliest hyperloop was likely to be up and running by 2020 but most services are expected to be later, as trials of the technology are still in their early stages.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There are two big differences between hyperloop and traditional rail. Firstly, the pods carrying passengers travel through tubes or tunnels from which most of the air has been removed to reduce friction. This should allow the pods to travel at up to 760 miles per hour. Secondly, rather than using wheels like a train or car, the pods are designed to float on air skis, using the same basic idea as an air hockey table, or use magnetic levitation to reduce friction.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A hyperloop could be cheaper and faster than train or car travel, and cheaper and less polluting than air travel. It is also quicker and cheaper to build than traditional highspeed rail. A hyperloop could therefore be used to take the pressure off gridlocked roads, making travel between cities easier, and potentially unlocking major economic benefits as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The idea of using low-pressure or vacuum tubes as part of a transport system has a long heritage. The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway used air pressure to push a wagon uphill (and a vacuum to drag it back down) way back in Victorian south London in 1864. Similar systems using pneumatic tubes to send mail and packages between buildings have been in use since the late nineteenth century, and can still be seen in supermarkets and banks to move money around today.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n One clear predecessor of the hyperloop is the ‘vactrain’ concept developed by Robert Goddard early in the twentieth century; since then, many similar ideas have been proposed without much success.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, it was entrepreneur Elon Musk who really reignited interest in the concept with his ‘Hyperloop Alpha’ paper in August 2013, which set out how a modern system would work and how much it would cost.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n #####<\/span><\/p>\nUnit 4: Technology<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n
Hyperloop<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRead the following text about an ultra-high-speed ground transportation system called hyperloop and do the given tasks:<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n
What is the history of a hyperloop? <\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n