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Carnegie Mellon Designing An Autonomous Flying Car for DARPA

We've seen autonomous cars and flying cars, and now Carnegie Mellon is upping the technological stakes by building an autonomous flying car. READ»

How Terrafugia Designed Its Flying Car

How do you design a vehicle that can keep both the FAA and the DMV happy -- and still have a chance at commercial success?READ»

Terrafugia Flying Car Taking Off in Late 2011

The Terrafugia Transition, a flying car developed by MIT-trained aeronautical engineers and MBA's, will begin limited production in late 2011.READ»

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Your Best Hope for a Flying Car? DARPA's Pitch for a Flying Humvee

Remember that fantastical-sounding flying car that DARPA proposed earlier this year? It isn't just a pipe dream anymore--the defense agency has released a 58-page announcement (pdf) detailing the military's vision of "a robust ...READ»

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NASA's Green Flight Challenge: The Ultimate Flying Car Competition

Instead of waiting for the inevitable aircraft X Prize, engineers can bring their sustainable plane ideas to NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation's Green Flight Challenge. The contest, which comes with $1.5 ...READ»

Is It a Car, a Plane? No It's the Terrafugia Transition, a Bit of Both

Now we can all look forward to a near future where sidewalks are replaced with conveyor belts and robot maids bring us nicely chilled cocktails as we relax after work and all that sci-fi like stuff...because someone's gone and built ...READ»