Contact: Adam Malecek, 608-890-3652, acmalecek@wisc.edu
VIDEO: UW-MADISON STUDENTS GEAR UP FOR HIGH-TECH ‘HYPERLOOP’ COMPETITION
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MADISON – What’s the future of high-speed transportation? A team of UW-Madison students thinks it’s on the right track. Actually, more of a tube.
The Badgerloop team, which is competing in Elon Musk’s SpaceX Hyperloop design competition, has designed and built a pod that levitates its passenger through an above-ground vacuum tube at a speed of 200 mph.
The prototype is being built right here on campus, and will be shown at an open house tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 6) at 7 p.m.in the Discovery Building. Then, it’s on to California, where the team will race the pod on a test track in January.
For more information: www.Badgerloop.com
Video by Craig Wild of University Communications
