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big life dossier > tech special HYPERLOOP Más allá del límite EL «AVIÓN SIN ALAS» ES POR FIN UNA REALIDAD: EL HYPERLOOP PROMETE TENER SUS PRIMERAS CÁPSULAS A ESCALA HUMANA PARA 2019. DE MADRID A BARCELONA EN SÓLO 30 MINUTOS DE VIAJE, DE DUBAI A ABU DABI EN TAN SOLO 12. HYPERLOOP CONECTARÁ CAPITALES, PAÍSES ENTEROS, EN UN ABRIR Y CERRAR DE OJOS. hyperloop beyond the limit > the «wingless plane» is now a reality: hyperloop promises to have its first human size pods in 2019. Madrid to barcelona in 30 minutes, or dubai to abu dhabi in un 12 minutes? 48 Hyperloop will connect capitals and countries in the blink of an eye. > The announcement in 2013 of a vacuum transport system with an average speed of 970 km/h and a top speed of 1,200 km/h surprised everyone. After investing years of research, design and a huge budget, Tesla´s Elon Musk and Space X appar- ently have finally achieved the impossible. Hyperloop finally counts with a human sized prototype, which