{"id":17484,"date":"2015-09-19T04:46:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T11:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/hyperloops-intro-video-claims-the-future-is-now"},"modified":"2017-06-04T11:39:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T18:39:28","slug":"hyperloops-intro-video-claims-the-future-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/hyperloops-intro-video-claims-the-future-is-now","title":{"rendered":"Hyperloop\u2019s intro video claims the future is now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WnrXBdznOe8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hyperloop, dubbed \u201cthe fifth mode of transport,\u201d is real. At least, that\u2019s what the introductory video released this week on YouTube is trying to communicate.<\/p>\n<p>Hyperloop is a project <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2013\/08\/12\/hyperloop-plans\/\">envisioned by engineer and inventor Elon Musk<\/a>. In short, the goal is to build <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2013\/08\/13\/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-elon-musks-hyperloop-super-train\/\">a high-speed transportation system<\/a> using a low-pressure tube train, with a top speed of 800 miles per hour (1,300 km\/h). Hyperloop Technologies and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies are both research companies looking to turn Musk\u2019s vision into reality. The former company has undergone a seed round led by SherpaVentures, while the latter is crowdsourced.<\/p>\n<p>Hyperloop Technologies \u2014 that\u2019s the funded company \u2014 uploaded this video on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2015\/09\/17\/hyperloops-introduction-video-claims-the-future-is-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyperloop, dubbed \u201cthe fifth mode of transport,\u201d is real. At least, that\u2019s what the introductory video released this week on YouTube is trying to communicate. Hyperloop is a project envisioned by engineer and inventor Elon Musk. In short, the goal is to build a high-speed transportation system using a low-pressure tube train, with a top [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2019,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elon-musk","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17484"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64173,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17484\/revisions\/64173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}