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Old 08-31-2018, 05:00 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Exactly. Commercial (and recreational) drone use is a reality now. Nay not so for flying cars and jetpacks.
The jetpacks will probably need to wait for fusion pack power supplies. Neither batteries nor dinojuice have enough energy density for a practical jetpack.

But the flying cars (based on drone tech) are at most a decade away. Airbus is working on a literal air taxi.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/22/1...c-first-flight

In Brazil there is an entire industry of helicopter taxis in Rio. Affordable, too.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-brazil-for-63

LA is another big city that could benefit from the service.

http://www.thedrive.com/tech/23261/u...service-launch

Not everybody gets it, but it's the twenty first century out there, with more future shock to come:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl77FVobxVI
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