We live in an age of unbelievable technological progress. To a visitor from the distant past, this would surely seem like a utopian age. Yet in many areas of life, things don’t seem to have changed ...

Now that the media kerfuffle surrounding Elon Musk's Hyperloop transit system proposal has settled down to a dull roar, it's a good time to step back and consider in detail some of the real ...

Hard to believe but the precursor of what we know today as the “Hyperloop”—the idea of transporting goods and passengers through low-pressure pneumatic tubes—dates back to the 18 th century. It ...

Hyperloop, Elon Musk’s design for a vacuum-sealed pod transit system, may soon edge closer to its theoretical maximum speeds of 700 mph. That’s all thanks to a big change coming at the SpaceX campus, ...