DailyDirt: Kinda Crazy Options For Personal Transportation

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The future once promised us flying cars and space hotels, but those ultra-modern conveniences haven't quite panned out (yet). Still, engineers are working on some pretty wacky transportation concepts, and personal flying devices aren't quite so impractical anymore. There are a lot of bugs to work out (and maybe some FAA regulations to comply with), but flying without a plane could be a novelty that almost anyone could try someday soon. Here are just a few examples of personal transportation that might be an exciting experience. If you'd like to read more awesome and interesting stuff, check out this unrelated (but not entirely random!) Techdirt post via StumbleUpon.
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  1. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 4 Mar 2014 @ 8:45pm

    Dangling from toy helicopters

    Yikes. That did NOT look safe at all. Even tho that woman was only a few feet off the ground.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  2. identicon
    Lawrence D’Oliveiro, 5 Mar 2014 @ 12:09am

    What, No Mention Of The Martin Jetpack?

    I believe they’re started taking paying customers...

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  3. icon
    btrussell (profile), 6 Mar 2014 @ 2:31am

    "The future once promised us flying cars and space hotels, but those ultra-modern conveniences haven't quite panned out (yet)."

    From where I sit, the past promised that. May I borrow your time machine?

    link to this | view in thread ]

  4. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 7 Mar 2014 @ 8:16am

    Agreed.

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  5. identicon
    howard, 19 Mar 2014 @ 6:45am

    flying cars

    It can be possible and there will be cars of these kinds in near future. As there are number of things which were assumed in past and believed that it can never be possible to happen but with time and intelligence of human mind those things are possible right now.
    Mechanical repairs stroud

    link to this | view in thread ]

  6. identicon
    me, 24 Mar 2014 @ 6:20am

    just quit...u got me stealing and encryping files to expport froom my phone. enough already! plz just leave me and my kids in peace...please

    link to this | view in thread ]


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