Flying/Levitating cars

[Teck]

10 Years?...
20 Years....
50 Years away?

If you dont understand what i mean about levitating think about the cars from back to the future 2.

 

[kgraeme]

I dunno anymore. I got tired of waiting and got my pilot's license. Now if I can just figure out how to seal my tent tight enough for a dome on the moon.

 

[amnesiac]

Antigravity? Not in our lifetime, at least not in the public sector.

Personal aircraft capable of VTOL is already here, but face it, most people can barely drive, much less pilot an aircraft no matter how simple.

Perhaps at some time we'll have personal mag-lev vehicles, but that would require restructuring of all existing roads. We'll see.

 

[Pastore]

longer than 50 years... it has taken us almost 100 years to evolve from the Model T's to todays cars... I think it will be 100 years from the first prototype we see... And to be honest, I don't see it ever happening.

 

[kgraeme]

BTW, you could always invest in Moller.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Never. Remember 9/11?

 

[Teck]

Originally posted by: kgraeme
BTW, you could always invest in Moller.

Well if cars could levitate im sure there would be blockers on buildings that push against whatever is coming at it.

 

[Eli]

It may have taken us 100 years to get from the Model T to now, but just think of how many years it took us to get to the model T......

I'd say in the next 50 - 100 years.

 

[Freejack2]

I predict 20,000 years. First human society will fail and we will go back to barbarianism. Then some 10,000 years later when society has come back they will get a little closer and society will fail again. Finally 10,000 years after that they will invent the flying car, only for the earth to be destroyed for a hyperspace bypass.

Seriously though I would say 50 - 100 years from now also. I do see self drive cars at least on the interstates in about 30 - 40 years.

 

[dfi]

I can only see a few reasons for having flying cars.

1) SO much traffic (from MASSIVE human population) that the costs of constructing roads to accomodate all drivers is too great.

2) Cost reductions from producing flying cars (compared to normal cars).

It seems like a new product usually replaces a current product, not if the new product is better but, if the new product is significantly better. Self drive cars seem significantly better than current cars to me; flying cars do not, though the concept is very cool.

dfi

 

[Ultima]

The thing is, how much control are you going to take away? Eventually everything will be automated and people will have no control at all.