Ep 17: Hyperloops and Hoverboards

nStuff Podcast

Jun 18 2021 • 1 hr 50 mins

We’re back! Took us about 7 minutes for us to get caught up on the latest of Rob’s Delorean drama before we got back into the groove, but today we are talking about two very different technologies today.. So what are hyperloops and would you ride on one?

A hyperloop overview

Virgin’s vision for hyperloop

Did you know Rob has a hoverboard? He brings it to work occasionally. The movie, Back to the Future, gave us a glimpse of what the future might like, but is that hoverboard really better than these?

Things That Blew Our Minds

Rob gets into the Momentum Effect – If you buy something cheap, you’re more likely to buy something that’s more expensive at the same time

Christen learns there’s a new BCI typing record that has been recently set. The previous record had been approximately 40 characters a minute. The new record is about 90 characters per minute.

Finally, if you heard us wondering during the episode about the radiation we are exposed to when we fly. We found what the CDC has to say about cosmic radiation and our exposure to it when we fly.

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