The Pipenet prototype hidden behind a lab at the end of a muddy footpath, in the shadow of a declining steel mill in central Italy, is a monument to how Europe struggles to commercialise cutting-edge technologies.
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May 5, 2021
Pipenet: the Hyperloop that never was
Pipenet, a magnet-powered funnel designed to transport goods at thousands of kilometres an hour, was a precursor to Elon Musk's Hyperloop. Why did it never take off?
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Ben Munster is based in Rome and writes about Italian tech and startups for Sifted. He tweets at @Ben_Munster

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