Thursday, November 11, 2010

Darpa's Vision Of A Flying Car Continues

Lockheed Martin's Transformer Concept Lockheed Martin

Carnegie Mellon Gets $1 Million To Build Autonomous Flying Capability For Darpa's Dream Car -- Popular Science

DARPA’s Transformer – sometimes referred to as the flying Humvee – seems to be moving right along, even if only on paper at this point. The DoD’s out-there tech incubator has awarded Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute $988,000 to develop an autonomous flight system for the vehicle, which would go a long way toward helping the proposed military vehicle get off the ground in both the literal and figurative senses.

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My Comment: A car and a plane/helicopter all wrapped into one. Hmmmm .... I am still waiting for my jet pack.

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