Passenger drones are a better kind of flying car
TRAVELLERS have long envied the birds. In 1842 William Henson, a British lacemaker, somewhat optimistically filed a patent for an “aerial steam carriage”.
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Dubai’s autonomous flying taxis: A reality in 2018? | ZDNet
Autonomous flying cars may seem like an image out of a science fiction movie, but the technology already physically exists: Dubai began testing electric taxi drones in September 2017.
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Self-driving & self-flying cars: How to fight urban gridlock
Autonomous cabs might just be the beginning. To fight urban gridlock, the industry envisions self-flying drones to transport people. And they’re already preparing for takeoff.
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Military robots are getting smaller and more capable
ON NOVEMBER 12th a video called “Slaughterbots” was uploaded to YouTube. It is the brainchild of Stuart Russell, a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of California.
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3 Reasons Flying Cars are Impractical & Unnecessary – Robotics Trends
Few pieces of modern hardware have inspired as much excitement as the drone.
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Small hybrid-electric airliners ready for take off
ELECTRIC cars are clean, quiet and, it seems, the way of the future. Tesla is struggling to meet demand for its mid-market Model 3
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AI-powered drones race against human pilots
In a work funded by Google, NASA engineers trained an artificial intelligence to race drones in a challenging obstacle course. The AI proved to be a worthy match against one of the world’s best human pilots.
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Uber’s Bid to Launch Flying Cars in LA by 2020 Might Actually Take Off
AT AROUND 4 pm yesterday, I headed into battle. I climbed into the tank sitting in my driveway (you might call it a car) and ventured out into the hellscape known as Los Angeles traffic.
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Tiny robots will inspect and fix jet engines from the inside
IF YOU are reading this while sitting in an aircraft and are of a nervous disposition, do not be alarmed, but the temperature inside the jet engines keeping you aloft probably exceeds the melting point of the materials that those engines are made from.
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Dubai begins testing drone taxi service | ZDNet
Dubai has announced the first test flight for its taxi drone, which saw the driverless flying transport service hover around 200 metres above the ground during a five-minute flight.
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Boeing Planes Could Fire Lasers From Their Noses to Spot Turbulence
EARLY NEXT YEAR, a Boeing 777 will take off from the company’s airfield near Seattle with a laser shooting out of its nose.
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