OT. Lucic Motors Air Sedan

[Dean Hoffman]

The designer said he wanted his mom to hop in it and drive it without too much head scratching.

[rbowman]

When I saw Air Sedan I thought we might finally be getting our damn flying cars.

[angelica...]

I used to want flying cars. Then I observed the behavior of blondes in SUVs and thought better of it.

Cindy Hamilton

[micky]

"Amazon Alexa will be the primary voice assistant" Why isn't his wife the primary voice assistant!

[Larry]

Not to mention the drug dealer's fly-by shootings.

[rbowman]

Ain't that the truth...

That's one of the more interesting things at the Henry Ford. We probably dodged a bullet when that didn't work out.

[angelica...]

I don't recall seeing it there, but it's been a long time and there are SO MANY things to see.

Yep.

Cindy Hamilton

[Jim Joyce]

I saw an article not long ago where a startup basically upsized a multi-rotor drone so that 1-2 humans could fit. Drones already have GPS navigation, collision avoidance, and automatic return-to-base capabilities, among other things. I think they said if you stay below a certain altitude, you don't need a special license to fly it.

I took a quick look just now, but everything I saw was from 2018, with headlines such as "World's First Passenger Drone Unveiled in China" and "Human-Carrying Drones Are Here". Videos are on youtube.

[gfretwell]

[rbowman]

When I was working in Ft. Wayne I got up there a couple of times and loved it. I'm not sure I ever want to get that close to Detroit again.

[Neill Massello]

Check the recent PBS NOVA episode on electric planes.

[angelica...]

Heh.

I'd settle for a robot that would clean my house.

Cindy Hamilton

[angelica...]

Pish and tosh. I drive through Detroit every time I visit my mother. The traffic is lighter than using the bypass and going through the suburbs.

Cindy Hamilton

[rbowman]

Mk.2 Roomba?

[Tekkie©]

On Sat, 29 May 2021 02:39:04 -0700 (PDT), [e-mail] posted for all of us to digest...

But the crossfire is there!

[Tekkie©]

On Sat, 29 May 2021 10:40:29 -0600, rbowman posted for all of us to digest...

I'd need a robot the size of a bomb robot - minimum. More along the size of a Bobcat.

[rbowman]

I can't even get the tomcat to pick up after himself.

[angelica...]

Perhaps. But it would need arms to dust the ceiling fans, and legs to enable it to clean the toilet.

Cindy Hamilton

[Tekkie©]

On Sat, 29 May 2021 21:41:16 -0600, rbowman posted for all of us to digest...

I meant Bobcat like a skid steer loader. I don't think an excavator would fit in the door.