EEVblog 1498 - TransPod Fluxjet Hyperloop $550M Boondoggle!

The Transpod FluxJet is Hyperloop based on the "New physics" of "Veillance Flux"!
And plasma arc power transfer!
$550M to create a reduced pressure Fluxjet link from Calgary to Edmonton in Canada.
It'll only cost $18B, what a bargain!
And Sydney to Brisbane? Err, yeah, ok, let's look at that...

https://www.transpod.com/
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/fluxjet-transpod-canada-hyperloop/index.html
Feasibility study: https://www.transpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Public-Summary-Alberta-Feasibility-Study-June-2021.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/c/TransPod/videos
Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq_opNJXpGA
Full operation render: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhKhfFinL2E
Popular science article: https://www.popsci.com/technology/transpod-hyperloop-fluxjet/
Veillance Flux IEEE paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6901060/figures#figures
Full IEEE paper: http://wearcam.org/VeillanceFlux_JanzenMann2014pub.pdf

Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1498-transpod-fluxjet-hyperloop-$550m-boondoggle/
00:00 - Transpod Fluxjet "Totally NOT Hyperloop"
00:52 - CNN Travel Article - Quality journalism
02:12 - Veillance Flux? WTF
03:36 - Only $18BN!
04:30 - $550M funding!
06:37 - Let's watch the promo video!
08:38 - Is that a breadboard?
12:50 - Feasibility study
18:35 - The operational annimation sequence
19:56 - It's plasma stabilised!
20:32 - Activate the Veillance Flux!
21:37 - How does the physical demo work?
22:23 - Sydney to Brisbane?
24:38 - The European regional development fund
25:25 - $550M in funding CONFIRMED!
27:28 - Original concept
27:55 - The co-founder's "new physics"
30:09 - Electric arc "plasma" power transfer
33:16 - Veillance Flux technology!
33:41 - It's totally NOT Maglev!

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