Episode 5: In the Loop

Radical Science

English - June 16, 2016 08:01 - 33 minutes - 31 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Timezones, geography, full time jobs - these should be barriers to the running of a complex engineering side-project on a moonshot challenge. Not the case with rLoop: a crack team of international engineers and enthusiasts who came together over Reddit to work on the ultimate passion project - designing the pod for Elon Musk's Hyperloop concept.

We spoke to Brent Lessard, CEO of rLoop, about collaborating in our digital world, using the power of the crowd, being the underdog and changing the world.