He might be one of our brightest and most imaginative minds

Elon R. Musk is a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, inventor, investor has made what might just be the boldest move in auto manufacturing history: he’s making all of Tesla Motors patents free to use.

“Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology”

— Elon R. Musk

His rocket company SpaceX — short for Space Exploration Technologies Corp recently unveiled a spacecraft designed to fly astronauts to space station last month. SpaceX is one of several private companies vying to develop "space taxis" for NASA to replace the retired space shuttle fleet.

Last year he unveiled plans for Hyperloop high-speed train on a conceptual route that runs from the Los Angeles region to the San Francisco Bay Area, by posting a 57-page “alpha design” plan online that explained how such a train would work, in a PDF document. 

Again, the drawings are completely free to use for anyone to use.

“When the California ‘high speed’ rail was approved, I was quite disappointed, as I know many others were too”

— Elon R. Musk

Hyperloop

California billionaire Elon Musk presented his vision of a futuristic "Hyperloop" transport system this Monday.

The idea of a super-fast mode of transportation, a solar-powered, city-to-city elevated transit system that could take passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 30 minutes, is more than a vision it was a gift. An open-source plan that anyone can build if they have 6 billions and the ability to work around eventual bureaucracy. It’s great that he’s open-sourcing it, but it’s his support, not the idea itself, that gives the Hyperloop credibility.

Read the  57-page pdf describing the project and start the biggest Kickstarter campaign ever. I wonder how efficient this system could be for transportation underwater?

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