Megan McClarty: Hyperloop Design Weekend Inspires New Innovation

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by Daisy Hernandez

February 26, 2016

A few hundred years ago, if you wanted to get from San Francisco to Los Angeles, your best bet would be to take a horse-drawn wagon. The journey would take you days of arduous jostling over uneven terrain in the hot sun. Heading to Los Angeles meant you were probably going to stay in Los Angeles. Trains, cars and airplanes changed this landscape. Travel became possible, then accessible, then par for the course; but as the pace of the world and the way we interact has shifted over the past few decades, it seems that we’re ready for the next great shift in transportation. And Elon Musk (CEO, Tesla Motors and SpaceX) has a vision for it. Read more here!

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