An Italian Hyperloop, even older than this paper. Here's an article about it from January 2005: https://www.affaritaliani.it/economia/88314.html https://www.af

An Italian Hyperloop, even older than this paper. Here's an article about it from January 2005: https://www.affaritaliani.it/economia/88314.html https://www.affaritaliani.it/economia/88314.html Patented in 2003 according to the Economist (2011): https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2011/01/06/put-that-in-your-pipe-and-poke-it https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2011/01/06/... I guess I am the last one to learn about it; it even has its own site: https://www.pipenet.info/sito_e/index_e.htm https://www.pipenet.info/sito_e/index_e.htm