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I think one advantage of air travel is it's distracting. Busy flight attendants, announcements from pilots, plane moving to the runway, taking off... so there's

by toble 13y ago

I think one advantage of air travel is it's distracting. Busy flight attendants, announcements from pilots, plane moving to the runway, taking off... so there's less reason to concentrate on the lack of space while stuck in the seat.

greedo 13y ago
I'm sure the seatbacks would all have some net connected display for movies or actual computing.
- corwinstephen 13y ago
  Are you? I wouldn't rule it out, but personally I think getting an outside signal into a sealed capsule which is moving so rapidly that it must use battery power rather than a physically connected power source seems more than trivial.
  - umeshunni 13y ago
    You can yak on your cellphone (or watch movies on your tablet) for the entire 35 minutes of this journey.
  - marshray 13y ago
    Nah, wifi would travel great in a long metal tube.
    - corwinstephen 13y ago
      For 300 miles? Or are you proposing spacing hubs out along the journey, in which case, wouldn't frequent reconnection be an issue?
SolarNet 13y ago
In this case it looks like you could have a great view.
- ash 13y ago
  What do you mean? Hyperloop capsules have no windows.
  - teach 13y ago
    Not to mention the tube is steel, which isn't traditionally light-permeable.
yaddayadda 13y ago
His proposal includes "entertainment displays", so there is some sort of built in distraction technology.