Re:Larry Page is quietly amassing a ‘flying car’ empire
by at-fates-hands on Thursday July 19, 2018 @10:30AM
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This doesn't even touch the idea of training people to fly.
I've been studying for my Remote Pilot license just to use my drone professionally and the amount of information you need to know is at times overwhelming. I seriously can't imagine how you would administer a test like that to license people to fly their cars.
Re:Larry Page is quietly amassing a ‘flying car’ empire
by molteanu on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:34PM
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That doesn't seem to be an issue: You have got enough happening in your life without having to learn how to fly. But what if flying across town was as easy as hopping in a rideshare? What if Cora could fly for you?
Cora will combine self-flying software with expert human supervision, so you can enjoy the ride. [0]
Re:Larry Page is quietly amassing a ‘flying car’ empire
by kickling on Thursday July 19, 2018 @11:46AM
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Well, we already have licenses for flying planes, which seems to work quite well.
Re:Larry Page is quietly amassing a ‘flying car’ empire
by erikb on Thursday July 19, 2018 @11:36AM
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What is the point of this post? This is all well known and that is what development projects are for.
If you would at least argue that this will always be the same then there would be a discussion to have. But right now this post is just saying the obvious while ignoring that everybody is exactly working on resolving these problems.
Re:Larry Page is quietly amassing a ‘flying car’ empire
by jpm_sd on Thursday July 19, 2018 @11:55AM
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The point is, Larry Page is fighting physics, and therefore wasting his money.
Re:Larry Page is quietly amassing a ‘flying car’ empire
by snarf21 on Thursday July 19, 2018 @10:05AM
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What do you think about single person gyrocopters?
* loud * short range * no auto-rotation * no passive stability * almost no unpowered glide
Accidents waiting to happen. Never something that you will want to have zipping around your residential neighborhood.