A group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineering students has won a competition to design transport "pods" for Elon Musk's ultra-fast Hyperloop. Selected from more than 100 other university teams, the winning group will now have the opportunity to build their pod for a trial run on the Hyperloop Test Track (now under construction) by April 2016. If successful, the pods would transport up to 30 people at speeds of 700 miles-per-hour through the Hyperloop's 12-foot diameter tube. 

Hyperloop pod concept provided by SpaceX. Image © AP

A group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineering students has won a competition to design transport "pods" for Elon Musk's ultra-fast Hyperloop. Selected from more than 100 other university teams, the winning group will now have the opportunity to build their pod for a trial run on the Hyperloop Test Track (now under construction) by April 2016. If successful, the pods would transport up to 30 people at speeds of 700 miles-per-hour through the Hyperloop's 12-foot diameter tube. Construction on the team's pod will begin this month (February), says the team. Delft University of Technology from the Netherlands finished second in the competition, the University of Wisconsin third, Virginia Tech fourth and the University of California, Irvine, fifth.News via Phys.org, The Guardian
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