The Hyperloop is the latest transport idea straight from the pages of a science fiction novel that could soon become a reality. That’s if Elon Musk has his way. He recently proposed a new kind of transport where passengers are shot through a partially evacuated tube at speeds of 760mph ...
The idea of a tunnel linking New York and London first appeared in a novel by Victorian science fiction writer, Jules Verne in 1895. But the possibility of it ever appearing was remote due to the mind-blowing difficulty of such a project.