HYPERLOOP: TED-Style talk + levitation demo

Science Fiction Society of Silicon Valley is a community dedicated to scientists, businessmen, and smart people who take science fiction concepts and make them real.We have a talk series at Stanford Graduate Community Center. Most talks are free.Please follow us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/artsofft/

Science Fiction Society of Silicon Valley & DjWizard

"Science Fiction Society of Silicon Valley" & DjWizard present HYPERLOOP: TED-STYLE TALK & LIVE LEVITATION DEMO 
You must FIRST 200 to come + being RSVP on the list. (we have limited capacity) Entrance is FREE (with RSVP). 
 San Francisco to Los Angeles - in 30 mins London to Manchester - in 15 mins Helsinki and Stockholm - in 30 mins Elon Musk, in 2012, designed a train system called "Hyperloop" for superfast travel between large hubs and made his design open to the public. Our speakers, rLoop, is an international company which already started to build the Hyperloop and presented it to Elon Musk.  FINE PRINT DISCLAMER: - Elon Musk will not be in attendence. - Demo is of the levitation on the small model, about the size of the table, not of the actual Hyperloop tube.  ABOUT THE SPEAKER: We welcome Thomas Lambot, the Lead Engineer, and team members of rLoop. rLoop is a globally distributed, open source, and crowdsourced Hyperloop company. Their Hyperloop designs have won multiple awards from SpaceX, Dubai Future Foundations, and more. Their unique organization facilitates the collaboration of global talent and resources on centralized opportunities, made possible by embracing modern collaboration tools and pioneering processes in collaborative virtual design and remote manufacturing. Schedule: 7:3-pm - doors open 8:00 - Talk Starts (Thomas Lambot, Lead Engineer, live) 8:30 - Live Levitation Demo of a reduced model 9:00 - Q&A from the audience 10:00 - Socializing with rLoop members. LOCATION: "Havana Room" inside Graduate Community Center at Stanford: 750 Escondido Rd, Stanford, CA 94305

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