SpaceX's Hyperloop competition finally puts pods in the tube.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/30/...petition-2017/
Only three out of 27 teams made it to the final round. And while Elon Musk's original post about the Hyperloop envisioned cars floating on air, each of the finalists used magnets. Marianna Avezum, from team Warr, told Engadget that her group decided to disable the magnets on their prototype and just use the wheels to reduce friction. That gamble paid off when the team was awarded the prize Sunday for the fastest run.
Wheel vehicles within a tube in a vacuum isn't my idea of new break through technology.
Oh well, not one of the 27 teams actually accomplished what was envisioned originally. How sad!