Re:Personal flight, once a pipe dream, is within our reach
by blisterpeanuts on Monday June 06, 2016 @04:53PM
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If you include a very effective collision avoidance system, then I'm in.
I'd use it for frickin' everything. Commuting would be so nice without having to sit in traffic.
Eastern Massachusetts rush hours are brutal. Just zoom straight to your destination using an "as the crow flies" route, and rely on the auto-pilot and collision avoidance to take care of the actual steering while you check your email.
20 miles in 12 minutes. Sweet.
I would just be slightly concerned about collisions with birds.
By the way, if fuel is unlimited, then we could have flying restaurants. They'd have names like High Altitude Café, Cloud Starbucks, etc.
I'd use it for frickin' everything. Commuting would be so nice without having to sit in traffic.
Eastern Massachusetts rush hours are brutal. Just zoom straight to your destination using an "as the crow flies" route, and rely on the auto-pilot and collision avoidance to take care of the actual steering while you check your email.
20 miles in 12 minutes. Sweet.
I would just be slightly concerned about collisions with birds.
By the way, if fuel is unlimited, then we could have flying restaurants. They'd have names like High Altitude Café, Cloud Starbucks, etc.