Intelligent comfortable and autonomous class how we imagine the transport of tomorrow but is it really the automobile that will drive us into the future. One vision of a new mode of transportation seems promising the hyperloop a train capable of reaching the speed of sound while some say its a crazy idea researchers and entrepreneurs from all over the world are working on making the hyperloop a reality. Should we remain faithful to old concepts of mobility or embark on an uncertain future. Los angeles the city of dreams is the birthplace of a vision that could revolutionize our speed of travel. The hyperloop. A train that races through a vacuum tube. The idea came from billionaire ilan musk he earned his fortune from online businesses today he makes electric cars and is designing a rocket for interplanetary travel. But he doesnt want to design the hyperloop himself. Instead he decided to organize a competition for students from all over the world. So what this is really going to do is to. Have a show interest for technology to get people excited about the trails or. Things that may be. What we we see today. A team from munich our also taking part in the competition the students are determined to be involved in the mobility of the future. Theyre up against teams from all over the world which one of them will build the best hyperloop prototype. Over four hundred student teams submitted by design the twenty seven best teams were invited to build their prototypes and compete against each other for the first time. For. Students from the Technical University of delft in the netherlands where the Second European team to qualify for los angeles. All the others from europe were eliminated at an earlier stage its hard to imagine that the transportation of the future might be born in this open air work shop there. Around the world traffic is predicted to grab more and more people are traveling ever greater distances doing business and venturing to every corner of the globe but our transportation infrastructure is not designed for a society that is forever on the move. For michelle shack and bag this is a worrying development our expectations memory longer match the reality of what is feasible for our ever dwindling resources. You mention of our debt so people expect to be able to be mobile at all times which means being able to use their vehicle at any time they expect the infrastructure to be available and they expect the energy to be available to this has become our basic mentality and if this mobility becomes impossible well see problems that done in the future will have to live with the fact that resources are limited that you can only have misunderstood a source in trenton and. So many young people owning a car is no longer as important as it once was but rising prosperity and population growth mean that the number of cars continues to increase around the world. As a result our roadways are under strain and there is more and more Road Construction and congestion. Statisticians were city stickley speaking a car is parked twenty three hours a day that means its an underutilized asset that i could invest in better somewhere else car sharing and public transport are better alternatives and there are various concepts but in the end what matters is whether people and drivers go along with these cars. Its. Marked by these in concept. One of these concepts could be the hyperloop the idea isnt new the basic principle behind the hyperloop has been around for well over one hundred years its based on a system of transport that was designs not for people but for letters and documents the pneumatic mail tube. In new york city a Large Network of new magic once connected entire districts. These tubes also delivered mail within buildings from one floor to the next. Placed inside capsules documents were propelled through tubes at speeds of up to forty Kilometers Per Hour using compressed air. To capture fit so snugly in the tube that no air can escape along the sides. Air is sucked out of the tube in front of the capture of creating a suction that propels it. To. The hyperloop also relies on this concept it also moves through a tube out of which nearly all of the air has been pumped. In this near vacuum the capsule is subject to very little friction is only a small amount of air remains in the sealed tube. Just like in an airplane passengers would travel in a pressurized cabin that also contains air otherwise passengers wouldnt be able to breathe. Removing most friction and air resistance would allow the hyperloop to travel of very high speeds at twelve hundred Kilometers Per Hour it could shuttle from paris to berlin around an hour so far this is only theory are born once to prove that it could work in practice. Several years ago are born founded a company in los angeles is just one of a number of startups. Working on making the concept a reality. Right now though its little more than an idea. On startup is looking for investors. Potential investors are shown how a hyperloop would work by way of models one of the main concepts is the principle of magnetics. Magnets plan Important Role in two key aspects of the hyperloop actually the capsule floats with the help of magnets and magnets help propel it at the bottom of the capsule on the floor of the tube are both equipped with magnets. When the capsule moves across the floor of the tube it generates a Magnetic Field both magnets have a south and north pole. Between south poles are facing each other because light poles repel each other the capsule floats. A kind of aluminum fin is used to propel the capsule the fin runs along a track made of magnetic coils these coils can be activated with electricity they then also generate a Magnetic Field along the element in fin. The magnets in the track repel the capsule forms. And the entire capsule moves forwards through the tube. Its a complex technology and many questions of yet to be answered to why an out the kinks album startup is relying on a kind of swarm intelligence while the company does have a headquarters its staff is spread around the world and collaborate virtually. Beyond on duty from either going after i founded the company we gathered a small team we told them anyone who wants to be part of this and is willing to devote at least ten hours a week to the project let me know when next. It will give you a share in the company in the form of Company Stock options all the talk we received about two hundred applications we selected just under one hundred engineers who are collaborating with us on a Feasibility Study has been done on the market would you object to. The students from munich found a temporary workshop in los angeles where they can put together their part after transporting it to california. They still need to qualify for the run through the test track. That means putting the prototype through its paces to show it can handle the final round. As they Start Building the part they realize that crucial parts are missing they were held up customs without these parts they wont make the final round but theres still another week to go. For the students working on the hyperloop as a hobby they dont get class credit for it or a salary. Only the cost of the actual prototype is covered by sponsors such as air bus. And other students this is an investment in the future they want to be part of a dream designing the transport of tomorrow. Its actually more a concept to get people have always had ideas for how to speed up travel people dream of making a quick trip to australia for dinner and returning home later that same evening to be able to transport yourself from one place to the next at will to shrink the world as it were even today we still have that dream. Nine hundred sixty seven the inventor eli beach had a similar dream he wanted to build an underground commuter car in new york. City that would use air pressure to collide through a tube but the city would only authorize a pneumatic tube system for a male not for people. To live beach continued with his project in secret he was able to prove that the concept would work but the city still refused to authorize the system instead it opted for a Different Technology that could also operate above ground the railway for nearly a century it was the most important form of travel in the industrialized west but the technology requires a great deal of interest right away track signalling and control systems and railway stations. Eventually the automobile took over as the most important means of transport automobile manufacturers have become extremely powerful and theyre loathe to give up their upper hand but congested roads pollution and the cost of fuel have made cars less and less attractive. As a result automotive manufacturers are starting to come on board with new concepts. In the future mobility digitalisation and marketing that all go hand in hand. Our car could fulfill our every design even ones we cant yet imagine. These are there good evening isabel how are you right why you have retired as if your vital signs are low and maybe like a coffee and quite often i will help perk you up thanks the only way to dieter is will play through several kilometers youll be on side to mean when its too late for coffee dont feel right and then perhaps a bit of a drink or a protein shake ok just will blame him for the problem in traffic is not usually the technology the technology is easily available the problem is people themselves and the question is how people use technology to who wants to read a five hundred pages. The manual just so they know how to operate all of the systems that comes with. Semi autonomous driving systems that allow a hands free driving are already on the road drivers are supposed to be ready to take over the steering well of the blink of an eye but many drivers dont take that seriously they posed the videos of what theyre doing on their journey online but when it comes to avoiding collisions the autopilot system on these cars can only handle a single scenario. Thats not enough to handle complex traffic situations in may twenty sixteen the autopilot function on a tesla model s. Caused an accident the driver didnt have his hands on the wheel and he was killed in the accident and. Joshua brown was the first fatality involving a south driving car and his car hit a tractor trailer without breaking the truck was visible for several seconds enough time for a driver to respond. Normally the autopilot function scans the lane right in front of it if it attacks an obstacle on the road it activates the brakes this works well on motorways that have no cross traffic but the truck approached from an intersection. And. The chancellor scanned the lane but the trunk had such a large will base that the auto pilot registered the lane as intermittently empty the sensors did detect an intermittent obstacle but misidentified it as a traffic sign overhead. Called the Sensor Technology and self driving cars today is mainly intended for highway operation as it cant provide a good overview. Of whats happening in complex intersections and maybe it will never be ready for that and it will be concurrent and one could do that it would need much greater Detection Capabilities it would need to detect and understand the cross traffic even before it becomes visible merely unfortunately drivers believe that the cars are already capable of all of that as we saw in the tesla accident. To sloan for have just good sites. In los angeles the team from munich has arrived at the competition site. Lucas and his team mate thomas are checking out the competition. The last parts they needed for their own prototype were finally released by customs and theyre ready for their first test. If they succeed they could make it to the final round of this competition. Ever come the first hurdle. For the home office our secret weapon is the compressor were one of the few teams using a compressor like this it sucks the residual air out of the chub. The partial vacuum in the chub has one one hundredth of regular atmospheric pressure or the wouldnt friction would slow down or part prevent that will suck the air out then we can travel faster without air resistance. To. The next step is attaching the magnets that were released by customs onto the prototype the part as it. Out. There might be if the dots with a magnet is used to make the pot float its screwed on to the other side here as soon as the pod reaches one hundred eighty Kilometers Per Hour it creates a lifting effect that lifts up the pod bottom was put on through. The test track is too short to accelerate the part on its own so it will get some help from a push a cart that will get the part up to speed so that it can levitate. If the hyperloop becomes a reality it would be particularly useful in areas without much existing traffic infrastructure the fastest route from San Francisco to los angeles takes you through the middle of a desert its a six hour journey by car the only alternative right now is air travel. With a hyperloop the journey would take just thirty six minutes and the energy for the hyperloop could in theory be delivered by solar cells on the roof of the tube the energy generated by braking could also be stopped because on tuesday muslims will complete entire system is completely eco friendly signboard and thats not simply because we wanted to be eco friendly car they might even argue that securely when it comes to the field of alternative energy because of the true advantages become apparent when we deploy that alternative energy to our own advantage of those loans on fire so in our case wed put solar cells on the route along the entire infrastructure like a lot of them in for sure and languish quicker and so on in california we could generate all the energy we need simply using solar power being ism and argue for paul alignments all our op thats who come to know then theres also wind and Kinetic Energy thats out in force that would keep our operating costs so low that wed be able to generate a profit. Dozens mukhlas years. And into the hyperloop is a form of technology we could actually make happen today where does condamine mushroom but there are also many other Technological Developments including in germany that might also have been feasible. The transfer of p. D. Could have also worked on years not quite as fast but the Technology Already exists weve already seen an example that demonstrates that this technology is indeed feasible. Just lawyer look on trippy was a high speed monorail system that used magnetic levitation it was developed in germany. A testing site for the transfer of paid went into operation in in western germany in the mid one nine hundred eighty s. The transfer of peat didnt glide through a vacuum tube but it did use magnets for propulsion the maglev train had a top speed of four hundred twelve Kilometers Per Hour faster than modern intercity express trains in europe. On september twenty second two thousand and six in the middle of its test route the transfer appeared collided with a maintenance vehicle that was mistakenly on the track twenty three people were killed and ten were injured. Today the former test track lies in ruins after the accident the german trans repeat could no longer find an investor. However the system went into operation elsewhere in shanghai a maglev train went into Public Commercial Service in two thousand and four. The kentucky triangle is the trans repeat was ahead of its time it was one of the first systems of its kind and was regarded as a failure. Dish under but when you make a mistake you should use it as a learning experience and carry on among the much fuel a martyrs good giant is focused on for whatever reason that doesnt happen in germany instead we always feel a kind of shame for our mistakes while failures you know usually in ones with us and i say yeah thats exactly the wrong approach mistakes are part of every Development Process if im not willing to make mistakes and i wont be able to build a better product than kind of your competitors but. When it comes to safety the hyperloop is still in its infancy. And the competition in los angeles the prototypes are tested her safety. But theyre nowhere near ready to transport people. The pounds of Just Enough Technology to navigate their way through the tube. The students havent yet attempted to build a pressurized cabin. The pressurized cabin is the weak point if it were damaged the passengers would be exposed to the vacuum. Its kind of like being in the airplane faster and and depressurisation problem amplified because you have no windows and if you do pressurizes are definitely going to die so you need we need ways to mitigate those problems i think having a comfortable cabin that is spacious and stuff can help you with past phobia and there definitely need to be Safety Systems to deal with the pressurization and emergency evacuation so that those are probably the need to solve. Another challenge is the speed up to twelve hundred Kilometers Per Hour can passengers even handle such high speeds. Nowadays fighter jet pilots can travel look speeds of up to three thousand Kilometers Per Hour they train hard to handle the stress on their body and wear protective gear. The problem is not the high speed or such about the exoneration and deceleration phases takeoff and landing but a major stress on the body. The hyperloop doesnt ascend and descend it again speed as an even pace and maintains that speed. For passengers it would probably feel much like a commercial airplane but it would certainly take some getting used to particularly because of the vacuum tube. I mean because there is always some element of danger but thats all already the case with airplanes they arent in a vacuum they also deal with low air pressure. We just have to try. And then well continue to develop it its a little safe. For example we could first use the system to transport freight so people wouldnt be at risk. Then when we see the system is safe we could start to transport people. And. Today International Trade relies mainly on container ships. Compared to the hyperloop that unbelievably slow large container ships have a top speed of just twenty three knot