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Tube transport - around the world in 6 hours ?
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T.K. RandallMarch 26, 2012 ·
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One campany is working towards a future connected by a sophisticated vacuum tube transportation system.
Known as Evacuated Tube Transport, the technology would involve accelerating car-sized capsules along vacuum-sealed tubes at speeds of up to 4,000mph. Using this mode of transportation a person could travel across the whole world in under six hours. The company claims that the technology is not only quicker than conventional transport but would use a lot less energy as well.
You know those clear vacuum tubes at bank drive-thrus -- the ones that suck up deposit canisters at lightning speed? Sure you do, they're mesmerising. Admit it, if there was a mode of transportation that allowed you to travel back and forth like those canisters do, you would be the first to hop aboard.
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Discovery News |
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