Timeline – The vast desert country veiled from the East by fear, prejudice and misunderstanding. Adams follows in the wheel tracks of Ancient Rome’s ‘chariots of fire’ – the first wheeled vehicles to cross the Sahara and discover a little-known land of exotic brilliance, ancient cities and forbidding deserts. Continue reading
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Things You Didn’t Know About Phoenix
Tens of thousands of people have been moving to Arizona’s Maricopa County in recent years. Home to Phoenix, this county saw more people move here than any other in the entire U.S. in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau as AZCentral.com reports. City officials say that people are choosing Phoenix, the county’s center city, at disproportional rates as it’s made investments in infrastructure and transportation that improve the quality of life.
No matter what reason you found yourself searching through homes for sale in Phoenix AZ, and ultimately made the move – or are still contemplating it now, there are probably quite a few things you don’t know about this Arizona city. Continue reading
Tesla’s Ultra-Speed Hyperloop System Will Change Transportation As We Know It
Jeff Roberts ~ Elon Musk is at it again. Next year the construction of an innovative, ultra-speed transportation system called Hyperloop will commence in central California. It is the world’s first supersonic overland transport system, with the ability to reach speeds up to 800 mph.
Like most other Musk-inspired creations, the Hyperloop concept seems like something straight out of the future.
“We feel now that we’re at a stage where questions are answered on a theoretical level so now we’re moving on to prototyping,” Dirk Ahlborn, CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), told IBTimes UK.
To begin, the first 5-mile stretch Hyperloop system will begin construction in 2016 in a brand-new sustainable community called Quay Valley, located between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
“This five-mile stretch will allow us to completely test the technology, from the boarding process to the safety procedures – really everything except top speed,” Ahlborn said.
Musk’s vision sees the Hyperloop as a 400-mile long network of above-ground tubes with very low air pressure inside them, which allows bus-sized capsules to travel through those tubes at near supersonic speeds (approaching 800 mph).