Back to the future!

Before automakers even give it a thought:

* scientists will have to come up with a means of hovering a vehicle that is cheap, safe, and reliable

* governments and other social agencies will have to work through the issues of what it will take to form "roads" in three dimensions (most likely, only pros would be allowed at first)

So, more likely than growing "up" from cars, it will grow "down" from airlines. So, bussing and public transport will start using the technology. Once it becomes common there, then MAYBE we'll consider (as a society) allowing "non-professionals" to use the technology. If and only if we decide that's okay... then car makers will start designing and building vehicles to serve the new market.

 

This guy is almost there:

http://www.moller.com/

Jeff Davison

 

Just saw something on the discovery channel the other day about this, a man somewhere has built and tested 2 models of hovering/floating cars and he says if you got a million to spend you can have a one seater in about a year,he is also working on a two seater model

 

you beat me to it

 

This guy is almost there:

http://www.moller.com/

Jeff Davison

 

The US Navy seems to have this idea dialed in!
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Pete thats a great pic! I will soon buy a delorean and make a flux capacitor.
I think that red crazy plane is pretty cool, but if you parked it in the wrong area somone would steal your prop!

 

It'll never happen, at least not for a good 100 years at least. Can you imagine scoccer moms, fighting with the kids, applying make-up and talking on the cell, all the while flying under IFR on an instrument approach to her drive way, behind the flight controls of her Sport Utility Aircraft.

 

LOL! Dude, how true that is!!