Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Elon Musk's Hyperloop Will Work, Says Some Very Smart Software - Businessweek

When Elon Musk unveiled the Hyperloop back in August, his critics were quick to scoff at his proposal for a new, super fast mode of transportation. A number of people derided Musk’s white paper as cartoonish and vague. Musk vowed to prove the naysayers wrong by building an actual physical prototype, but that’s not expected to arrive for years.
Meanwhile, some evidence has just appeared that shows Musk may indeed be onto something. Ansys, the maker of very high-end simulation software used to design planes, trains, automobiles and all manner of other things, has fed the Hyperloop specifications into a computer and come away impressed. “I don’t immediately see any red flags,” says Sandeep Sovani, the director of land transportation strategy at Ansys. “I think it is quite viable.”

I'm personally excited about the possibilities of this concept. I this is what I consider innovation with real meaning - something that could actually make a difference in our future,