Originally posted by: Freejack2
Originally posted by: theNEOone
flying cars are just around the corner. in fact, one has been in development for 40 years. a prototype has been built that can hover and manuever slightly (front page of USA Today last week). the problem w/ flying cars is not the technology required to have a flying car, but instead it's the lack of infrastructure to support thousands of flying cars.
however, the problem w/ having an 'automatic personal assistant' is w/ the technology itself, more specifically AI.
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I know about the Moller and while he's close to having a mechanically working car, having the flying car replace the ground car is a long time away. The biggest stumbling block is a foolproof computer to drive these vehicles. Cars being driven by humans on the ground is dangerous enough. It's too dangerous to let billions of people manually drive flying cars.
Mind you, I do think if Moller succeeds it may be closer to 2050 that flying cars become the norm. If he fails it will be closer to 2100.
right, the technology is there - the problem is in implentation. the idea isn't a rapid replacement, but instead a more deliberate and slow integration. first, small regional 'stations' will be built in metropolitan areas that will allow taxis (i.e. a select few flying cars, with highly trained, licensed individuals) to shuttle people to and from the suburbs. it's anyone's guess how soon flying cars will be the norm, but i say that we'll see the first flying cars put into real use before 2025.....i'm an optomist
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