Is the Hyperloop just Hype?

Check out the math & physics courses that I mentioned (many of which are free!) and support this channel by going to https://brilliant.org/Sabine/ where you can create your Brilliant account. The first 200 will get 20% off the annual premium subscription.

Elon Musk has been pushing the idea of a hyperloop transport system, in which passenger capsules would race through tubes in near vacuum. Does this idea make sense? What are the problems with the hyperloop and what's been happening so far? In this video I go through everything we know at the moment.

Many thanks to Jordi Busqué for helping with this video http://jordibusque.com/

0:00 Intro
0:24 Vacuum tubes and Vactrains
2:30 Musk's Hyperloop
5:48 The biggest problems
9:04 Current status
10:21 Sponsor message

#science #technology #engineering