An Italian startup founded by
engineering students will design the suspensions for a
futuristic train that will reach 1,000 kilometers an hour,
sources said Wednesday.
The Hyperloop is a solar-powered, elevated, tubular
transportation system with reduced-pressure tubes in which
pressurized capsules ride on an air cushion driven by linear
induction motors and air compressors.
It is the brainchild of Canadian-American business magnate,
engineer and investor Elon Musk, who founded the Space
Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) and Tesla Motors,
among other companies.
The students at Pisa University and the Tuscan city's
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna have founded a startup called Ales
Tech, which will provide suspensions for the finalists of a
global Hyperloop technological design competition called by
Musk.
Ales Tech now has a board of directors that includes some
of the founding members' professors, and is reportedly headed
towards a listing on the stock exchange.
"We're planning a large-scale program we call Hyperloop
Team Italy, which we want to launch in conjunction with all the
major Italian universities in order to stimulate Hyperloop
research," said Ales Tech member and law student, Antonio
Davola.
L'elenco potrebbe non finire qui: "siamo felici di constatare
come numerosi studenti di tutta Italia ci contattino per
collaborare con noi", ha osservato Perrotta. "Hyperloop - ha
aggiunto - è una grande sfida che stimola ricerca e innovazione
in numerosi settori e fa piacere vedere che a volerla cogliere
siano tantissimi giovani, proprio come noi".
E per diventare ancora ancora più grandi, ha detto Davola,
"stiamo predisponendo un grande programma che abbiamo chiamato
'Hyperloop Team Italia' e che vogliamo lanciare con le più
grandi università italiane per stimolare la ricerca su
Hyperloop".
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