Flying Concepts Category

DARPA's Transformer Project Under Development

The Transformer Is Described as a Flying Humvee
By on Wednesday, 1. September 2010

Where do I sign up for the civilian version of one of these? As long as I can afford the payments, I totally want to get my hands on a Transformer, once whoever DARPA gets the contracts to manages to make them.

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Terrafugia Transition Gets Greenlight From FAA

First Ever Flying Car Already Has Buyers
By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

For those of you who, like me, are vaguely annoyed that the future has utterly crapped out so far on delivering things like jet packs, death rays and flying cars, take heart–at least one of those is now available.

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Airship Hotel Concept Emerges

Called the Airship Traveling, It's Part Hotel, Part Helium-Filled Dirigible Concept
By on Thursday, 17. June 2010

For those of you who can’t get enough of concept designs, then this one will definitely get you going. Like a page out of the early twentieth century, airships are making a bit of a comeback with this new design, the Airship Traveling.

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YEE Concept Car That Converts Into An Aircraft!

Traffic Jams To Become a Thing of the Past With YEE Car / Plane
By on Monday, 14. June 2010

How often have you got stuck in a traffic jam and wished, like James Bond, you could just take off and fly over it?  Well, with the YEE concept car this could actually be a reality!

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Advanced and Innovative Martin Jetpack Now Available

Martin Jetpack is the Practical Flying Machine We've All Been Waiting For
By on Wednesday, 10. March 2010

For those of us who dreamed of flying when we were kids, our prayers may have been heard as the world’s first practical jetpack is finally here. Designed and built by New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft company, the sleek Martin jetpack is a leap into the future as it can fly [...]

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Cyber Technology's CyberQuad UAV Takes Off

Video-Driven Silent Flight Technology For Low Profile Spies
By on Thursday, 17. December 2009

Cyber Technology’s CyberQuad UAV is an entirely new style of unmanned aerial vehicle– and unless you’re piloting it, it’s a rather scary little device.  The Cyber Technology CyberQuad is a Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with an on-board camera that can execute nearly silent operation [...]

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Santa Claus Gets New Sleigh Courtesy of GE

GE Global Research Designs High Tech Santa Sleigh
By on Thursday, 17. December 2009

Have you been good or bad this year? Either way Santa Claus is going to pay you a visit in just a few days. No matter if he’s bringing you a brand new toy to play with or a few pieces of coal, he still needs a powerful sleigh to [...]

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Round Trip to Mars: 39 Days or Less

NASA Ion Propulsion Rocket Engine Sends You to Mars and Back in Over a Month; Special Fees May Apply
By on Tuesday, 20. October 2009

Are you still dreaming about going to Mars one day? Well I can’t promise that you’re actually going to make it as an astronaut but I still have some good news for you. It looks like travelling to Mars is a lot easier nowadays thanks to a new Ion propulsion [...]

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Video - MicroDrone Spy in the Sky Surveillance Platform

By on Friday, 28. September 2007

We’re a little late in posting about this particular gadget but, whereas ordinarily we’d simply not post about something already so widely covered, the MicroDrone remote surveillance drone from German company MicroDrones GmbH genuinely gets our pulses racing – besides that, it’s guaranteed to feature in TFTS on the premise [...]

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RoboSwift Morphing Surveillance Bird

By on Wednesday, 8. August 2007

Having posted only recently about TU Delft’s trials of a solar powered computer mouse, namely the Sole Mio, we find ourselves referring to yet another one of their projects, known as the RoboSwift, that could result in us seeing birds in a wholly different light in the near future. Presently [...]

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