for many, many years there has been four modes of transportation moving humans around the globe — planes, trains, automobiles and boats. but now there might be another one coming into the mix. 0utside las vegas, in the desert of nevada, is the virgin hyperloop. this is a pod—based transport system that the company hopes will be the future of mass transit. the idea for this proposal was proposed in 2013 by tesla and spacex boss elon musk. the idea is quite simple — put people in a pod, put that pod in a tube, and shoot that pod down the tube at the speed of an aircraft. and that is exactly what the virgin hyperloop is working on making reality. it goes directly to your destination, doesn't stop at every place along the way, it does that electrically, autonomously and does it inside of a tube. click visited this spot in 2016, and frankly there wasn't much of anything to look at. itjust sounds so radical, so ground—breaking, it's hard to imagine it ever happening. in the few years since they have come quite a long way. and in november of last year, they successfully completed their first passenger test. they travelled 500 metres in 15 seconds, going as fast as 107mph. yes, yes!