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Flying Cars
« on: January 01, 2016, 07:47:39 AM »

Since the subject has been touched on here now and then, this article may be of interest to some.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/12/31/why-the-dream-of-the-flying-car-hasnt-panned-out/
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Re: Flying Cars
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2016, 05:39:25 PM »

So, who needs a flying car when you can ride a drone?
http://www.ehang.com/ehang184/
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Re: Flying Cars
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2016, 10:57:09 PM »

The future (the predicted future) always had flying cars, and servant robots. We would have video phones, and TV screen as big as a wall. We'd be able to turn on lights or music with a voice command (just like on Capt. Kirk's ship 1962). We've come so far. Yet still no flying cars.   
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Re: Flying Cars
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2016, 06:18:06 PM »

I agree with HA. I think future history will show, we completely skipped flying automobiles and went straight to teleportation.  rofl
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Re: Flying Cars
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2016, 08:02:00 PM »

I agree with HA. I think future history will show, we completely skipped flying automobiles and went straight to teleportation.  rofl

Yep! Only unlike the retro-future from the past... in the real life (predicted) future if you teleport even just once the NSA will have a complete clone copy of you and all your memories. Actually... the Chinese may already have that for me.... I love their free apps.
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