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Dutch hyperloop centre aims to advance futuristic transport technology

Dutch hyperloop centre aims to advance futuristic transport technology

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The split in a hyperloop tube allows vehicles to change directions at a test facility of the new European test centre for hyperloop transportation technology, which opened in Veendam, northern Netherlands on March 26.Peter Dejong/The Associated Press

A 420-metre white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the windswept northern Netherlands could usher in a new era in the transportation of people and freight.

The tube is the heart of the new European Hyperloop Center that opens Tuesday and will be a proving ground in coming years for developers of the evolving technology.

Hyperloop, once trumpeted by Elon Musk, involves capsules floating on magnetic fields zipping at speeds of around 700 km/h through low-pressure tubes. Its advocates tout it as far more efficient than short-haul flights, high-speed rail and freight trucks.

But since Mr. Musk unveiled the concept that he said could shuttle

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Ocean technology centre goes to court over Dartmouth Cove infilling approval

Ocean technology centre goes to court over Dartmouth Cove infilling approval

A Nova Scotia ocean technology research and development hub is taking the minister of Transport Canada to court, after the department approved a construction firm’s proposal to dump 100,000 cubic metres of rock into Halifax harbour’s Dartmouth Cove.

In court documents filed this week, the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE) warned some research operations could be forced to cease if the proposal to infill 2.7 hectares adjacent to the facility is allowed to go ahead.

The infilling project, which would include rock such as pyritic slate from construction sites around Halifax and would create land for future development, has been opposed by a neighbourhood group, the local councillor and the federal MP for the area.

COVE was founded in 2018 as a not-for-profit, and millions of dollars of public money have been spent on the centre. The facility aims to advance ocean technology and grow businesses by offering

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