13/08/2013 Newsround

Tuesday's top tales. On the way: Is this the super-speedy solution to

achieving space-age travel? And how you train a crane to fly

away from danger. Only on Newsround. First to the futuristic idea for

space-age travel that could revolutionise the way we get around.

The Hyperloop System uses air pressure to shoot passengers from

city to city inside giant tubes at 800 miles an hour. It might be light

years away but the billionaire behind it thinks it could still be

big business. The first team created a electric

cars, then he built rockets to carry supplies into space, and now, he has

designed a futuristic system to fire passengers across entire countries

in solar powered edge loops. He thinks metal pods containing

passengers and cars could be shot through steel tubes at speeds of 800

miles an hour. How will it work? The pods will be hovering inside the

tube using a similar technology to air hockey. They will be fired down

the tube using magnets which will slow the pods down. Inside the

tubes, a partial air vacuum will be created, allowing the pods to glide

through smoothly without bashing into their particles to slow them

down. His vision of the future sounds great but there are no

current plans to build it and it is estimated to cost at least �3.9

billion. Some people think it can never actually be built. Even when

you build an elevated train, there are substantial costs to that and

there are always environmental lawsuits which people don't want.

has invited people around the world to look his design and come up with

ways to improve it. Although it sounds too good to be true, this

pioneer has a history of making futuristic ideas a reality.

Next to the meteors raining down on earth. These are just some of the

amazing pictures taken by people across the UK who've stayed up late

to see thousands of shooting stars. They're caused by the Perseed

shower, which happens each year when debris from comets get into Earth's

path and burn up while entering our atmosphere. It reached its height

last night but experts say there's still lots to see. What I would say

to view whizzes go out tonight if you have clear skies because the

peak was last night but the shower lasts for a good few weeks, so if

you have clear skies, go out and have a look.

And from stars in the sky to stars on the track. When you think of

Britain's greatest female athletes, Jess Ennis or Dame Kelly Holmes

probably spring to mind. But last night, Christine Ohuruogu did

something no UK woman's achieved, staking a claim to be considered the

greatest of them all. A gold medal in Moscow, but only

just! And as Christine Ohuruogu made her latest lunge for the line, she

wrote her name into Britain's sporting history books. I feel like

I am in a dream. This is exactly what I dreamt of. Now described by

the head of UK athletics as one of the country's greatest ever

athletes, here's why. Her first big taste of the top of the podium was

with a Commonwealth Games gold in 2006, followed in 2007 by her first

world title. A year later in Beijing, she added Olympic gold to

the set. And yesterday's win took her to another level as the first

British woman to win two World Championship gold medals. It's her

consistency over the years. She is a phenomenal athlete. Her career

hasn't been without its low points. In 2006, she was banned for a year

after missing three routine drugs tests. And while Jessica Ennis & co

enjoyed the golden glare of London 2012, Christine had to settle for

silver after an injury-ravaged season deprived her of winning in

front of her home crowd. All things the experts say have made her

stronger and given her that extra drive to win, even if it was by just

a hair's breadth, four thousandth of second.

Thanks, Ore. We'll have an update on what's

happened on the track today at 6:50 but finally, how do you teach a