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Spike-X
03-03-2006, 01:34 PM
MIT student Carl Dietrich has invented a car that flies (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11567348/site/newsweek/).

Whatever you call the new Transition, says its inventor, Carl Dietrich, just don't call it a flying car.

Shut up! It's a car, and it flies! What else are we gonna call it?
Michael P
03-03-2006, 01:36 PM
God, I hate self-loathing nerds. It's a flying car, you schmuck. Embrace the pulpish wonder of your creation.
tricksterpup
03-03-2006, 01:37 PM
I am still waiting for one of these.
http://www.vegalleries.com/hbopc/0001jet.jpg
west3man
03-03-2006, 01:38 PM
God, I hate self-loathing nerds.
That's funny.
Ed Cunard
03-03-2006, 01:39 PM
God, I hate self-loathing nerds. It's a flying car, you schmuck. Embrace the pulpish wonder of your creation.

That, and show us pictures. FLYING CAR STORIES WITHOUT PICTURES ARE LIKE... um... my hyperbolic simile fell apart halfway through because I'm so upset at not having any pictures of said flying car.
Charles RB
03-03-2006, 01:39 PM
Why are there no pictures?!
Ed Cunard
03-03-2006, 01:39 PM
Although I'm more worried about his desktop nuclear furnace thing.
west3man
03-03-2006, 01:40 PM
MIT student Carl Dietrich has invented a car that flies (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11567348/site/newsweek/).



Shut up! It's a car, and it flies! What else are we gonna call it?
"and since it flies twice as fast as you could go in a car, it effectively doubles the distance you can travel on a weekend jaunt."

Err... "Roads? Where we're going, we don't NEED roads."


If you don't have to stick to the highways, you MORE than just DOUBLES the distance you can travel. Instead of driving along lines A and B of a triangle, you can just take C!
Michael P
03-03-2006, 01:41 PM
Although I'm more worried about his desktop nuclear furnace thing.
Yeah. My brother can't even program his alarm clock; I dunno if I want him to have access to fissionable material.

Edit: To say nothing of the eventual dashboard nuclear reactor, that you can put... in your flying car.
K'Nort
03-03-2006, 01:41 PM
Computer simulations at least.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060227/gallery/personaljet_goto.jpg

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060227/gallery/personaljet2_goto.jpg

Link: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060227/personaljet_tec.html?source=rss
Spike-X
03-03-2006, 01:42 PM
Why are there no pictures?!
I don't think he's actually built one yet.
tricksterpup
03-03-2006, 01:43 PM
Although I'm more worried about his desktop nuclear furnace thing.
Dont worry, Mr. Fusion made it easy to use.
http://www.delorean-dmc12.co.uk/pages/back_to_the_future/bttf16.jpg
Bloopinator
03-03-2006, 01:43 PM
OOOOOOOOOOO!!! I wants one!!
Xero Kaiser
03-03-2006, 01:44 PM
I can only imagine what would happen if a flying car ran out of gas 0_o
howyadoin
03-03-2006, 01:45 PM
"Finally"? They had one 30 years ago:

http://www.fordpinto.com/mitzar1.htm
Michael P
03-03-2006, 01:47 PM
"Finally"? They had one 30 years ago:

http://www.fordpinto.com/mitzar1.htm
A Pinto with wings. Can't imagine how they couldn't move those.
Donald M.
03-03-2006, 01:48 PM
"Finally"? They had one 30 years ago:

http://www.fordpinto.com/mitzar1.htm

A flying Pinto!!!

I might fly it, but I'd scared as fuck to land it.
Spike-X
03-03-2006, 01:55 PM
I can only imagine what would happen if a flying car ran out of gas 0_o
The same thing that happens to a plane, I'd imagine.
Bloopinator
03-03-2006, 01:56 PM
I can only imagine what would happen if a flying car ran out of gas 0_o
Auto landing? And hey you're using the eye thing!! YAY FOR YOU!!!
Mike Smash!
03-03-2006, 02:08 PM
I am still waiting for one of these.
http://www.vegalleries.com/hbopc/0001jet.jpga speeding ticket?
Xero Kaiser
03-03-2006, 02:36 PM
The same thing that happens to a plane, I'd imagine.

Yeah, but pilots don't land at airports and go "$5 on pump 2". But then, this isn't something most people would have, so I guess worrying about cheap bastards flying with the needle on E shouldn't be much of a concern :)
king mob
03-03-2006, 04:57 PM
Oddly enough i have just staggered home from the pub and the Hasslehoff Nick Fury film is on ITV with flying cars galore-ish.
Loren
03-03-2006, 05:03 PM
a speeding ticket?

Nah, he's waiting for robot cops.
MacQuarrie
03-03-2006, 05:06 PM
Okay, let's see the checklist...

Flying car? Check.
Personal robot? Check. (http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/)
Jet-Pack?

Where the hell is my jet-pack?

No, not that silly gimmick they trot out for the Super Bowl with its two minutes of flight time. I want a real jet-pack with at least a 50 mile range and speeds over 75 miles an hour that allows for cool aerobatic stunts. Like what the Rocketeer used.

Screw the desktop fusion reactor. This is what real nerds want.
DonC
03-03-2006, 05:16 PM
I dunno, man. You really wanna look over and see this dude (http://uk.geocities.com/zaz_fan/zaz_web_pages/air32.gif) next to you in the carpool lane?