News tagged with flying cars

Dutch 'flying car' takes to the skies

Is it a flying car or a driving aircraft? Either way, the Personal Air and Land Vehicle, or PAL-V for short, has just proved it can handle the skies as well as the highway, both at up to 180 kilometres (112 ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Flying car 'Transition' gets road approval from NHTSA

(PhysOrg.com) -- Terrafugia’s car/plane vehicle called the Transition, has received approval from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) clearing the way for delivery to customers some ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (16) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

Carnegie Mellon to develop autonomous capability for 'flying car'

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a 17-month, $988,000 contract to Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute to develop an autonomous flight system for the Transformer (TX) Program, which is exploring ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Flying car should be available next year (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Federal Aviation Administration in the US has given approval to the Transition, a two-seater flying car developed over the last four years by Massachusetts Company, Terrafugia.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (48) | comments 30 | with audio podcast report

DARPA announces plans for self-piloted flying car

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, DARPA announced that it is inviting proposals to tackle its latest project: "a vertical takeoff and landing roadable air vehicle." The ground-to-sky vehicle, called Transformer ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (25) | comments 13 | with audio podcast weblog

Flying car takes wing: MIT alums' invention makes its first test flights (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A prototype of what is being touted as the world's first practical flying car took to the air for the first time this month, a milestone in a project started four years ago by students in ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 11

Road-worthy plane? Or sky-worthy car?

(PhysOrg.com) -- What began as an MIT student project has evolved into a working prototype of a two-seater airplane that can be quickly converted into a road-worthy car. The car-plane has begun test flights ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 11