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Planes, trains, cars, boats, and Hyperloop, which sounds like a fun ride at Six Flags is actually a transportation concept. It would move people through tubes at incredibly high speeds. Elon Musk, who founded the SpaceX Company, introduced the Hyperloop idea in 2013. It`s not a real thing yet, but a number of groups are working on it.

飞机、火车、汽车、船只以及超回路列车。超回路列车听起来像六旗游乐园乘坐的列车,而实际上这只是一个运输概念。超回路列车会以极快的速度运行。Elon Musk创立了太空探索技术公司,并在2013年引入了超回路列车的概念。超回路列车尚不真实存在,但是现在有许多人正在研究。

We dream about moving comfortably from place to place in a blink of an eye. That`s essentially the dream of the Hyperloop.

我们梦想一瞬间从一个地方转移到另一个地方,这也正是超回路列车的梦想。

How do you envision the Hyperloop changing the way we live?

你们认为超回路列车将怎样该表我们的生活方式?

To connect to two cities that are normally six, seven, eight, nine hours apart, was in 15 to 30 minutes changes the way we live. We`re living in areas that are completely over-filled. We`re sitting in traffic every single day for hours. So --

超回路列车将会联通两个一般情况下需要数个小时才能到达的城市,但是乘坐超回路列车只需要15到30分钟,这些变化就改变了我们的生活方式。现在我们生活在拥挤的空间里,我们每天乘车需要花费数小时,所以...

And you think the Hyperloop could be the solution?

您认为超回路列车会解决这些问题?

I think the Hyperloop is for sure one of the solutions.

我认为超回路列车会是这些问题的一个解决方法。

A possible solution, maybe. But it`s far from the reality.

或许是一个解决方法吧。但是太不现实了。

This concept of humans traveling around in tubes has been around for more than a century. Hyperloop transportations took on the challenge, but quickly realized they didn`t have the design expertise.

人类在乘坐隧道的想法已经存在了100多年。超回路列车接受了这项挑战,但是很快他们意识到自己没有专业的设计技能。

Enter UCLA.

我们一起进入加州大学洛杉矶分校

The engineering aspects of this, they`re actually quite simple. It`s really the design that is the most technically challenging.

在工程方面,实际非常简单。而真正的设计是最具技术挑战的。

It`s an unconventional system. So you sort of have to invent everything from the ground up. The track is an entirely different element. The station is entirely different. The process of boarding is different, so is architects.

这是一项非常规的系统。所以你需要一切从头开始。轨道完全不同、车站也完全不同。登车过程以及建筑师也完全不同。

So, what we`re trying to do is stitch together the technology, the social change and the human experience.

我们现在正努力将技术、社会变化以及人类经验整合。

You`re traveling at speeds of hundreds of miles an hour, how could this possibly be safe?

以每小时数百公里的速度行进,怎么确保安全呢?

In railroads, most accidents were all human factors. So, we in a closed system, we`re completely managed by a computer system. There is no human factor that can actually create those issues.

在铁路方面,大多数技术都是人为因素。所以,我们处于一个封闭的系统中。一切完全有电脑系统操纵。没有任何人为因素会引发麻烦。

How much money have you guys raised here?

你们现在筹集了多少资金了?

Zero.

零美元。

How are you going to get this off the ground?

你们如何将这个系统脱离地面?

Innovation is done in teams. It`s not done by a single person.

创新是在团队中完成的,而不是由一个人完成。

Do you feel like you`re working on a project that`s really going to change the future?

你认为你们所研究的这个项目真的会改变未来吗?

Oh, absolutely. If I have a date and I want to see the opera in San Francisco, I can literally do that and be back in time to go to sleep in my own house.

当然啦!如果我约会想去旧金山看歌剧,毫不夸张地讲,我可以这么做,并及时回家睡觉。

Planes, trains, cars, boats, and Hyperloop, which sounds like a fun ride at Six Flags is actually a transportation concept. It would move people through tubes at incredibly high speeds. Elon Musk, who founded the SpaceX Company, introduced the Hyperloop idea in 2013. It`s not a real thing yet, but a number of groups are working on it.

RACHEL CRANE, CNN DIGITAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): We dream about moving comfortably from place to place in a blink of an eye. That`s essentially the dream of the Hyperloop.

(on camera): How do you envision the Hyperloop changing the way we live?

DIRK AHLBORN, CEO, HYPERLOOP TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES: To connect to two cities that are normally six, seven, eight, nine hours apart, was in 15 to 30 minutes changes the way we live. We`re living in areas that are completely over-filled. We`re sitting in traffic every single day for hours. So --

CRANE: And you think the Hyperloop could be the solution?

AHLBORN: I think the Hyperloop is for sure one of the solutions.

CRANE (voice-over): A possible solution, maybe. But it`s far from the reality.

This concept of humans traveling around in tubes has been around for more than a century. Hyperloop transportations took on the challenge, but quickly realized they didn`t have the design expertise.

Enter UCLA.

(on camera): The engineering aspects of this, they`re actually quite simple. It`s really the design that is the most technically challenging.

CRAIG HODGETTS, PROFESSOR, UCLA: It`s an unconventional system. So you sort of have to invent everything from the ground up. The track is an entirely different element. The station is entirely different. The process of boarding is different, so is architects.

So, what we`re trying to do is stitch together the technology, the social change and the human experience.

CRANE: You`re traveling at speeds of hundreds of miles an hour, how could this possibly be safe?

AHLBORN: In railroads, most accidents were all human factors. So, we in a closed system, we`re completely managed by a computer system. There is no human factor that can actually create those issues.

CRANE: How much money have you guys raised here?

AHLBORN: Zero.

CRANE: How are you going to get this off the ground?

AHLBORN: Innovation is done in teams. It`s not done by a single person.

CRANE: Do you feel like you`re working on a project that`s really going to change the future?

HODGETTS: Oh, absolutely. If I have a date and I want to see the opera in San Francisco, I can literally do that and be back in time to go to sleep in my own house.

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