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Little flying ball could be your very own Snitch
You wouldn’t have to wait for Dumbledore to gift you your very first Snitch. This little flying ball called, well, FlyingBall, will fulfil your desire to play Quidditch. Basically a radio controlled helicopter of sorts, the toy is ideal for indoor use. Simply hold up the bottom of the ball and watch the propellers send…
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Flike, the electric flying bike looks like a saddled drone
This may look like an ordinary tricopter when parked but you would be pleasantly surprised to see someone mount it as if it were a bike. Well, this is so because this is indeed a bike, a flying one to be precise. The machine is powered by lithium polymer batteries that power its six rotors…
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1954 Taylor Aerocar N-101D Flying Car up for grabs at $1.25 million
Have you heard about it before? No? May be chances are you never watched too much Discovery Channel or weren’t born when the 1954 Taylor Aerocar N-101D made rounds. In fact, there were just five of these around and well, here’s one of the five. One Greg Herrick is ready to part ways with the…
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$279k Terrafugia Flying Car flies at New York Auto Show debuts
It’s raining flying cars out here. With the Terragugia Flying Car making an appearance at the New York Auto Show, days after the PAL-V made its first flight in The Netherlands, we’re seeming to bring many dreams alive before the proposed Doom’s Day. So the Terrafugia Flying Car will be made available for purchase this…
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Video: First flying car test in the Netherlands yields hope
The PAL-V flying car has been long overdue now, so we’re relieved to see the first test of the terrestrial and air vehicle, in the Netherlands. It’s called the Personal Air Land Vehicle, if you’re wondering about the name and flies like a gyrocopter. At the rear, it’s rigged with a push propeller that folds…
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The Terrafugia Transition aircraft gets DOT approval for terrestrial drives
So, just the other day we spoke about the whole irony of being in a future, that isn’t packed with flying cars and now we have one that’s to stay. The Terrafugia Transition aircraft is no alien to our attention. And it’s all good to hear about it again, now that it is legally drive-worthy,…
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Flying close to the ground is still flying, no?
We aren’t accustomed to cheating thrills out of some of the most ecstatic sports of the world. Something like para-gliding doesn’t seem to have any parallels. However, if you are afraid of heights and wish you could experience the thrill of flying (read: gliding) across the surface of the earth then you can get a…
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Swinglet Flying Camera can give you a birds eye view
Every time I look at pretty girls getting behind the trial room doors, every time i lose my tennis ball on a roof top and cannot see it, every time I want an aerial view of my garden, I long for a camera that could fly, so as to give me an eye in the…
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Lockheed Martin to develop ‘flying Humvee’ concept for DARPA
As if the Humvee wasn’t awesome enough on its terrestrial domain, DARPA have gone on to award the contract of the second of the two ‘flying Humvee’ concepts to Lockheed Martin. If you’re astounded about this being the second then you could do with the knowledge of the first contract being awarded to AAI. It’s…
