Moving Ideas Transportation is about more than how you get to school It’s about how the clothes you’re wearing crossed the ocean And how the satellite that transmits your favorite television show made it into orbit And even how your running shoes can still bounce after your tenth 5K race Today’s transportation relies on ideas and innovations from science technology engineering art and math or STEAM for short Let’s zoom in on some of those ideas They’re approaching at rocket speed 5
Hyperloop Will Hype Become Reality The world may be about to get a whole new form of transportation called the Hyperloop It would travel at more than 700 miles 1,127 kilometers per hour and use solar power Tubes would be mounted above ground on pylons or supports A capsule-shaped pod would zip through the tubes like an air hockey puck The Hyperloop system could also be built below ground or underwater It could carry passengers or cargo Friction and air resistance are two forces that can slow down any vehicle The Hyperloop pods would avoid friction with the tubes by floating on an extremely thin layer of air To lower air resistance machines on the outside of the pods would transfer air from in front of the pods to behind them tube pod 6
STEAM Fast Fact Engineers working on the Hyperloop want to eliminate as much friction and air resistance from the system as possible Look at these pictures Which ones are opposites and how do they relate to speed 7
