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High-speed transportation
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) is
working on an unusual idea for passenger transport.
They envision a system of conveyance between cities
in closed vacuum tubes. Passengers in special cap-
sules will be able to travel from one city to another at a
speed of 1300 kilometers (800 miles) an hour, which is
faster than the speed of sound. Digital screens and var-
ious advertising offers promise to make the superfast
trips not just pleasant, but entertaining. HTT represen-
tatives state that the Hyperloop system will be far more
productive and cost-efficient than any other transit sys-
tem now in use.
Vertical farms
According to some predictions, by 2050 more than
eighty percent of the planet’s population will be concen-
trated in cities, and so for many countries the main prob-
lem will be producing food. An arrangement whereby
food crops are cultivated vertically would be very effec-
tive in solving the problem of space for food production,
which is especially important to the inhabitants of is-
lands and large metropolitan areas, where the cost of
land is exorbitant and rising every year. A further advan-
tage of building farms up rather than out is that it allows
water usage to be far more economical. Gravitation
does its thing, so it’s possible to cover every level of a
farm in one watering, saving both water and energy—
an efficient, clean, economical solution to producing
fresh food for the city.
Print your own house
Although this technology has been with us for sev-
eral years, 3D printing continues to find new spheres of
application as it becomes cheaper and more accessible
to ordinary people. The fields of medicine, outer space,
design, and transportation are beginning to use this
technology and to gain substantial advantages from it.
Whether it’s bioprinting for medical purposes, or
printing of materials and various mechanical parts that
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