Commemorating thirteen years since Elon Musk revolutionized transportation with the hyperloop.

From Vaclav Smil’s book “ Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure. ” (We'll be coming back to this one.) These short pamphlets were not widely known, but in 1825 the British public could read about a much bolder proposal for using tubes, vacuum, and high speeds to cover the distance of just over 600 kilometers between London and Edinburgh in five minutes (yes, minutes, not…