This reminds me of a friend in college who refused to wear Levi’s because he was told they advertised in Playboy, and wearing those jeans would mean he’s supporting sin.
Futuristic High-Speed Tube Travel Could Take You From New York to Los Angeles in 45 Minutes
A company called ET3 has plans in the works for the Evacuated Tube Transport, a high-speed transportation tube that uses magnetic levitation. The ETT can travel at speeds of up to 4,000 miles per hour, and each tube seats a maximum of six people and comes with a baggage compartment. How does it go so fast? It’s airless and frictionless and could have you from New York to Los Angeles in 45 minutes, as opposed to the nearly five hours a direct flight would take. It could even have you depart from New York and be in Beijing in two hours.
The tubes would be set up like freeways to prevent crowding and traffic congestion problems. Plus, ET3 claims that passengers need not worry about feeling discomfort while traveling at such high speeds. The high velocity at which the tubes move is equal to 1G of force at top speed, which is similar to the force felt by someone traveling in a car on the freeway.
Bag of Randomness
- I took that picture three years ago today. Happy birthday, GirlGeeding.
- WifeGeeding has been planning an outdoors painting party for about the last month, but it looks like it’s gonna rain during the party on Saturday.
- If you like burgers, BurgerFest is coming to Dallas this fall.
- The guys on BaDD Radio had a good bit the other day. They handed out NCAA basketball tourney brackets to their colleagues a month after the tourney to see if anyone could fill them out correctly, only one person did and most didn’t get the Final Four correct.
- When you don’t swing your arms while you walk, there’s a 12% increase in the effort of walking, which is the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
- Gov Perry seems to be taking a lot of heat for voting down that bi-partisan ‘Buy American’ bill.
- When ‘Mad Men’ ends, I would like to see some sort of prequel that focuses on the start of Sterling Cooper with a young Bert Cooper and Roger Sr.
- My first two cars were Pontiac Grand Ams.
- Man saves dog from elevator accident
- Theft of ribs gets five-time Waco felon 50 years in prison
- Why I happily spend $440 a month on my cable package