Crowdstorming is being used in the development of the Hyperloop system could revolutionise public transport systems.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, powered by JumpStartFund this week announced that it has passed two major milestones, bringing the company closer to the goal of creating a working high speed mass transit system.
Milestones so far include the finalisation of the company’s 100 core team members and the publishing of a new crowdstorm document.
The 100 core team members are professionals, engineers and designers from some of the most esteemed organisations on the planet, including Boeing, Airbus, NASA, Harvard, UCLA, Stanford, and others, collaborating globally in the US, Asia, Australia and Europe.
The new crowdstorm document expands on concepts and shares the most recent developments produced by the company. Highlights from the paper include a detailed cost, route and safety analyses.
“This document updates the public at large while allowing us to brainstorm with the crowd on other innovative solutions,” says JumpStartFund CEO Dirk Ahlborn. “We believe crowdstorm initiatives like this one represent the future of how big ideas will become reality.”
In August 2013, entrepreneur Elon Musk presented his concept for The Hyperloop in a white paper posted on the Tesla Motors and SpaceX blogs, asking the global tech community to step up to make the project a reality. JumpStartFund heeded the call and soon after announced the formation of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies on its crowdsource platform, which contracts with top professionals in relevant industries to develop and bring projects from concept to reality.
