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Imagine large elevated tubes in which computer-automated capsules are propelled by vacuums and magnets at speeds up to 160 mph with passengers or 760 mph without passengers.
No, this isn't science fiction. This is reality, according to Bibop Gresta of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies.
Gresta will expand and explain the Hyperloop effort on Friday, Jan. 8, at the Eccles Center Black Box Theater during the Park City Institute's Strategic News Services Future in Review Speakers Series.
Read the full story at http://www.parkrecord.com/scene/ci_29347327/hyperloop-transportation-isnt-science-fiction .
Bibop Gresta
When • Friday, Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Eccles Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City
Tickets • $25; http://www.ecclescenter.org