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Originally posted by Toasty
My image of skycars is that they will be totally computer controlled. By on-board computers and a central mega traffic management system. They will communicate with each other and accidents will be eradicated. There will be no human interaction at all. I am 100% sure that there will be no human influence on the operation of the skycars, mainly because of the unpredictability of human actions. Flying doesn't sound as fun if you don't get to steer!
The technology already exists and I remember seeing a show about the 'Skycar' on the discovery channel. It was driven by turbines. Look it up on Google.
Originally posted by postings
Those are only a couple of potential problems, but the bennefits are incredible IMHO. It could cut my commute down to basically nothing. We spend far too much time in our vehicles as it is. Think about it, if your commute to work is 30 minutes per day (on way) you are spending 5 hours per week, 20 hours per month just sitting there with unproductive time. At least in a train, or bus, you can read or do your bills or something (depending on how crowded it is of course). Having a vehicles that gets you there quicker, and does so without you actually having to drive it is an obvious improvement. Not only do you get there quicker, but your attention isn't necessary for that to happen. You can be doing other things. Also, I have read that congestion would be a thing of the past in the skys. Evidently if all of the existing cars were sky-cars, they would all be separated (evenly spaced) by about a mile apart NASA's skyways.
Originally posted by 5Lostboy5
I wonder if columbus thought the world was round at first ??? I wonder who taught him or gave him the idea that is wasn't ???
Originally posted by 5Lostboy5
I wonder if columbus thought the world was round at first ??? I wonder who taught him or gave him the idea that is wasn't ??? There will be computers flying these machines no doubt, in my mind that computers are much more applicable to fly themselves around themselves ... but hey, if a group of 1,000 +++ black birds can fly within feet of each other ... I am sure we can learn or write a program rather .... that will be able to do the same .. the only problems we have with this techonology so far is ... when birds or something NATURAL gets in the way of those jets ... Even now with the hover crafts that we have acquired through research with in the army .... One or two birds flying at the right moment coudl be disaterous ...
Originally posted by Frosty
What kind of flying car are you imagining? The kind that takes off and stops on a dime? Because I do not think anything like this currently exist or will exist...anytime soon.