Hyperloop will cover its pods in a new, super-real material: Vibranium

Well, this should help quell concerns that Hyperloop is a science fiction pipe dream... SEE ALSO: The Hyperloop gets some real maglev tech to fuel its rapid-transit dream Hyperloop Transportation Technologies revealed Tuesday morning the name of a specially developed material that it will use to line the exterior of its pods: "Vibranium." Some of you Marvel nerds might recognize this as the material that composes both Captain America's shield and the Black Panther's claws. Surely, this is no coi