professor kent larson and his work here at the m.i.t. media lab. we are following -- one of you on concept is one step closer to reality. hyperloop, the ultrafast transportation he wrote about had its first open air test. a metal sled was powered from zero to 100 miles and hour in just 1.1 seconds, 2.4 g's of force. the company plans to use the innovation to transport freight and passengers in low pressure tubes that 700 miles an hour. on tuesday, one of the cofounders says they want a full demo by the end of the year. >> i think the first appointments will be abroad. mostly because of the regulatory and governmental side of things. but we hope to bring hyperloop to the u.s.. the company also says it raised a series b round of $80 million. now to a story we are following -- uber hitting the brakes on its carpooling service in sweden after the company has been struggling with regulations. they had encountered some resistance and sweden needs a modern and regulatory framework. uber will continue to offer services like uber accent uber loft. coming up