• CompactFlax
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    25 days ago

    Your move hyperloop.

    So what’s the limit of the human body? That’s more than a couple g.

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      25 days ago

      I don’t know but it seems like the simple answer is to just not accelerate that fast. I doubt this was an attempt to imply that we should do this regularly. It’s just a test to show what the technology is capable of. There’s no real benefit to accelerating to that speed that quickly vs doing it over 30 seconds or longer.

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        25 days ago

        You can absolutely accelerate this fast if there are no people on board. China probably wants safe autonomous cargo trains at some point.

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          25 days ago

          What about eggs lol

          Autonomous 500kph cargo trains would be fantastic.

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            25 days ago

            Why would they transport eggs this way…? Fast (expensive) cargo trains would be used for valuable products. For example minerals, metals, computer chips.

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        25 days ago

        Definitely a “look what I can do” test and not a practical example of how the trams in Beijing will travel between stops. Though it would reduce trip time!