ELON MUSK: Prepare YOUR ASSES for my new TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM on August 12. Uh, aiight?

Elon Musk wants us to prepare our pathetic asses for the next mode of transportation. He dares us to don the steeled nerves that are required for the…wait for it…hyperloop. I can’t picture exactly what the guy is talking about when he describes it, but I’m committed as someone who jacks to end vague hunts of futurism.

Elon Musk’s vision for an entirely new form of transportation will be revealed to the world on August 12th. The founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors tweeted this morning that he would “publish Hyperloop alpha design by Aug 12,” and added that “critical feedback for improvements would be much appreciated.” Musk has previously revealed just a few tantalizing details for the Hyperloop, which he’s described as a “fifth form” of transportation — the first four being planes, trains, automobiles and boats.

What Musk has said so far is that the Hyperloop would be a “a cross between a Concorde, a rail gun, and an air hockey table,” and would be able to deliver people the 380 miles between Los Angeles and San Francisco in just 30 minutes, dramatically outpacing California’s bullet train project, which would make the same trip in just under three hours. Musk has publicly bashed California’s bullet train plans as inefficient, and maintains that the Hyperloop would be a better project for the state to undertake. He first brought up the idea for the Hyperloop just about a year ago at a PandoDaily fireside chatand said that he would provide further details on June 20th this year, but it looks as though we’ll all have to wait until August to learn more about how his proposed system would function.

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