Silicon Valley can keep its Teslas and robotic cars: Slovakia’s AeroMobil just unveiled a flying car

VIENNA, Austria — Electric cars? Driverless cars? Yawn. At the Pioneers Festival in Vienna today, a Slovakian startup called AeroMobil unveiled the thing that we have all been dreaming about since we saw that first episode of the Jetsons while still wearing diapers: The flying car. It’s here. It’s real. And it’s spectacular. The company took the wraps off [...]

March 27th, 2015|Categories: Global News, Techy Talky|

This flying car will be ready for take off in 2017

Finally, the long-awaited flying car is almost here. AeroMobil, a Slovakian company, plans to start selling its creation, the AeroMobil 3.0, in 2017. The company claims on its site that the vehicle "transforms in seconds from an automobile to an airplane" by using "existing infrastructure created for automobiles and planes." The vehicle is gas-powered and has [...]

March 26th, 2015|Categories: Global News, Techy Talky|

Pilots set for first round-the-world solar flight

Solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2, takes off from the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi's small Al-Bateen airport during a third test flight early on March 2, 2015. AFP ABU DHABI - The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using solar energy will be launched Monday in Abu Dhabi, its pilots said, in a [...]

March 9th, 2015|Categories: Global News, Techy Talky|
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