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Flying Cars Ready To Take Off

Posted by timothy on from the they're-already-late dept.

Ant writes "CBS News has an article, images, and a free streaming video clip of Elwood (Woody) Norris' invention of a working flying machine, AirScooter. He asked one of his test pilots to demonstrate it for 60 Minutes on a hilltop outside San Diego, California. It can fly for 2 hours at 55 mph, and go up to 10,000 feet above sea level. This week, he will receive America's top prize for invention. It's called the Lemelson-MIT award -- a half-million dollar cash prize to honor his life's work, which includes a brand new personal flying machine. Woody Norris' and others' inventions are for NASA's 'The Highway in the Sky.' It is a computer system designed to let millions of people fly whenever they please, and take off and land from wherever they please, in their very own vehicles."

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  1. slashdotted already! by jrrl · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wonderful... new article, no comments, and it's already slashdotted. -John.

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  2. Re:Headline is wrong by cipset · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes headline is wrong... in fact all headlines are today wrong.

    Offtopic: it's already 4 hours ago I read the first news about the take over of Macromedia through Adobe and Slashdot published only weird news... Isn't Slashdot ONLINE (with capitals) anymore?

  3. Re:Skycar by Threni · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    > I can only wonder why it's never "taken off" (pun only slightly intended.)

    I understand Al-Queda have at least 30 on pre-order.