{"id":13826,"date":"2017-01-29T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13826"},"modified":"2017-01-30T00:49:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T05:49:13","slug":"sci-tech-hyperloop-competition-at-spacex-underway-live-webcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13826","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Hyperloop competition at SpaceX underway. Live webcast."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The university Hyperloop competition at the SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne, California is underway.\u00a0Live webcast is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/hyperloop\" target=\"_blank\">www.spacex.com\/hyperloop<\/a>. See also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dailybreeze\/videos\/vb.112432919325\/10154912664654326\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_d\">Hyperloop live report &#8211; Daily Breeze | Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>30 university teams are participating in the contest.\u00a0The track is a hollow tube about three-quarter-mile (1.2 km) long and pumped down to low pressure. Each of the teams will run their pod vehicle down the pod. The pod performance will be evaluated on acceleration, speed, braking, etc.<\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: Reports on the competition results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2017\/elon-musk-hyperloop-tunnel-spacex\/\" target=\"_d\">Elon Musk hails Hyperloop teams \u2013 and touts his tunnel at SpaceX &#8211; Alan Boyle\/Geekwire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/science\/20170129\/hyperloop-competition-brings-new-mass-transit-technology-to-life-in-hawthorne\" target=\"_d\">Hyperloop competition brings new mass-transit technology to life in Hawthorne &#8211; Daily Breeze<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/elon-musk-spacex-hyperloop-results-first-phase-2017-1\" target=\"_d\">Elon Musk SpaceX Hyperloop results first phase &#8211; Business Insider<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From Alan Boyle:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Here\u2019s who won the Hyperloop competition\u2019s awards:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Fastest team:<\/strong> WARR Hyperloop.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Highest overall score:<\/strong> Delft Hyperloop.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Safety and reliability award:<\/strong> MIT Hyperloop.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Performance and operations:<\/strong> University of Maryland. Honorable mention: Virginia Tech, Purdue, Hyperlift (St. John\u2019s High School, Texas).<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Performance in flight:<\/strong> WARR Hyperloop.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Innovation:<\/strong> Badgerloop (University of Wisconsin at Madison) and Team rLoop (the contest\u2019s only non-student team, organized through Reddit). Honorable mention: VicHyper (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia).<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Design and construction:<\/strong> The top 10, from 1 to 10, are Delft, WARR, MIT, Virginia Tech, University of Maryland, University of Washington, Purdue, Carnegie Mellon University, Hyperlift, Keio Alpha.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A view of the MIT, Delft, and WARR pods barreling through the tube:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PMd_QGmmkgY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Comments from Elon Musk about the event (plus some words about the tunneling project):<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FPzpugrbwBE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p>More background at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/general-news\/20170129\/live-coverage-teams-test-out-their-pods-at-the-hyperloop-competition-in-hawthorne\" target=\"_d\">Live Coverage: Teams test out their pods at the Hyperloop competition in Hawthorne &#8211; DailyBreeze<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2017\/01\/29\/take-a-look-at-the-hyperloop-competition-entries\/\" target=\"_d\">Take A Look At The Hyperloop Competition Entries | Hackaday<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/general-news\/20170127\/how-to-get-live-updates-from-the-hawthorne-hyperloop-competition\" target=\"_d\">How to get live updates from the Hawthorne Hyperloop competition &#8211; DailyBreeze<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/pipe-dreams-a-conversation-with-the-engineers-at-the-hyperloop-competition\" target=\"_d\">Pipe Dreams: A Conversation with the Engineers at the Hyperloop Competition | Motherboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/sites\/spacex\/files\/2016_0831_hyperloop_competition_ii_rules.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperloop\u00a0Competition\u00a0Rules (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Updates at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hyperloop\" target=\"_d\">Hyperloop (@Hyperloop) | Twitter<\/a>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;Teams in final prep for today&#8217;s @SpaceX Hyperloop competition! Coverage begins at ~1:55pm PT at https:\/\/t.co\/CoIedEujWn. #breakapod &#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/C3WrHLUUEAAxcqq1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13829\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=13829\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/C3WrHLUUEAAxcqq1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pod in Hyperloop tube\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/C3WrHLUUEAAxcqq1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13829\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/C3WrHLUUEAAxcqq1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/C3WrHLUUEAAxcqq1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/C3WrHLUUEAAxcqq1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/C3WrHLUUEAAxcqq1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/C3WrHLUUEAAxcqq1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u00a0are some video reports from the test site:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ms37_voP0uY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JvD3KmJmD9E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The university Hyperloop competition at the SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne, California is underway.\u00a0Live webcast is available at www.spacex.com\/hyperloop. See also\u00a0Hyperloop live report &#8211; Daily Breeze | Facebook. 30 university teams are participating in the contest.\u00a0The track is a hollow tube about three-quarter-mile (1.2 km) long and pumped down to low pressure. Each of the teams &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13826\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Hyperloop competition at SpaceX underway. Live webcast.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3B0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14832,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14832","url_meta":{"origin":13826,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition &#8211; Winning entry reaches 324km\/h","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Last weekend the second student Hyperloop Pod Competition was held at the SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne, California. 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