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[WebUrbanist] Weird Military Innovations: 10 Crazy Weapons of War | Design + ...: Much like hoverpacks and flying cars, the idea never came to fruition, only to live on in steampunk style novels and shows. They would be easy to shoot down, consume inordinate amounts of fuel, and had few advantages to counter an extended list of cons.

[Straightline] Moller Skycar Could Be Used by U.S. Military in Afghanistan: Listen, as a pilot, I would love to have a flying car like the Moller parked in my driveway, but I doubt you'll see a mil-spec version of the vehicle flying even in the near future. It might even be delayed to the point of obsolescence - since the battlefield is becoming an increasingly unmanned environment.

[Existem Affiliate Management» Existem Affiliate Management] Top Remote Control Toys at Gadgets.co.uk: What this little chopper lacks in size it more than makes up for in performance, because in its tiny lightweight frame has been packed a rechargeable Li-poly battery for extended flying time, 3 channel super wide infrared control, and a special propeller system for precision speed control and fantastic flying stability. Ideal for indoor flying the Picco-Z Atom will have you giving tiny tourists scenic flights around your house.

[Frihost - Digest] Flying cars, when will they come?: I can't see how flying cars could be much more efficient than airplanes, if at all. The extreme energy cost here will limit flying cars to imagination forever...we have probably already entered the world of peak oil, with less and less conventional oil available to us each year, and soon less and less energy period available to us each year.

[Defense Tech] Awesome: Israelis to Test “Flying Jeep” in Two Months | Defense Tech: Paris Airshow ”” Israeli developers working on a ducted-”‹”‹fan flying hovercar say that a full-”‹”‹size, turbine driven unmanned prototype will fly “within two months”. Flight tests with a smaller electrically-”‹”‹driven model, they say, have validated their basic technology.

[Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now] Video: Excalibur, the Unmanned Vertical-Takeoff Aircraft, Makes ...: The unmanned aerial system (UAS) could pack a 400-pound payload of four Hellfire missiles, and also deliver weapons or other supplies to warfighters deep in rough territory. Its design allows it to have a maximum speed of 460 mph, but also have the ability to loiter overhead at just 115 mph.

[Discover Magazine | rsslist] Dude, Where's My Jetpack? | Gadgets | DISCOVER Magazine: Optimistic drivers of the past imagined a future in which the stubby tail fins of their cars morphed into broad wings. According to the car companies presenting at the World's Fair of 1939, your driveway was destined to become a runway, the highway a skyway, and the only speed limit the speed of sound.

[Comments for Damn Interesting] Damn Interesting • Hovering in History: If you are ever interested, you can fight guys flying around in WASPs in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2). Spoiler, but there is even a 5 minute long chase sequence where WASPs chase you around in a forest while you are sitting in the sidecar of a motorcycle…kinda reminds me of a certain sci-fi film where bikes that speed along the ground are piloted by some troopers of some sort…

[Mark J. Rebilas Blog] 50 of my favorite photos of the Decade: Strapped in a harness doing an aerial photo mission onboard a US Navy Seahawk helicopter in the middle of the Pacific Ocean we fell in line behind another helicopter as we made our way back to the aircraft carrier to land. As we began to make a banked turn towards the ship I noticed the other helicopter in view and quickly threw the camera up and shot the below frame.

[quarterliving] quarterliving » Weird Military Innovations: 10 Crazy Weapons of War: Several prototypes were created but they never went into full production. No matter how good it looked on paper, the flying jeep’s goofy appearance gives a good indication of why such a flimsy hybrid would not do well in the heat of battle.

[Technology and Gadgets] FLO TV on iPhone with new mophie juice pack « Technology and Gadgets: The proposal noticeably points out that helicopters are “limited in flight speed and availability.” Combat helicopters don't move like combat jets, but it's hard to imagine a flying car that's going to move any faster.

[Dark Roasted Blend] Dark Roasted Blend: Marvelous Burj Dubai Fountain Show: What I loved about McDonalds in Japan is that they're the only ones I've ever been to where the food you see in the pictures matches the food you get at the table.

[BLUEMUMBLE . com | create, customize, and monetize your blog] Grand Theft Auto 4 GTA IV Cheats or Cheat Codes for PS3 / PC ...: This GTA4 cheat code prevents the 'One Man Army' and 'Walk Free' achievements from being earned. I think this game is the best but it should have more cheats to it like flying cars and shit like that man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Minor's Blog] Lecture Discussion Questions « Minor's Blog: Bruce Willis tying a fire hose around his waist and jumping off the exploding roof of Nakatomi towers and breaking into a window on a middle floor and just barely untying the hose before it sends him down to the ground in “Die Hard.”

[Warren Ellis] Warren Ellis » Theoretical Hyperwar 2009: Plus with super capacitors and the bio-conversion units they are working on you can take a small helicopter or VTOL arm it with the Dazlr Green sodium laser blinding system (not quite illegal under the 1985 convention against blinding weapons) .Their suit did all of this, PLUS shot tear gas out of shoulder jets and had taser “brass knuckles” for hand-to-hand combat.

[Armed and Dangerous] Armed and Dangerous » Blog Archive » Oderint, dum metuant: It may provide short-lived, modest amusement to bat Adrian-esque folks around like a cat toy, but at least they can ultimately be simply ignored at no cost to ourselves. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people in positions of power, that demonstrate similarly poor levels of intellectual horsepower and dearth of critical thinking skills…and these people are empowered and emboldened by the likes of the babbling Adrian-esque masses, and are positioned to bring about the death of large numbers of innocent people.

[Media Mewsings] The Catgirl Critics' Media Mewsings for December, 2009! « Media ...: More martial arts melee ensues and Issue #2 ends with an explosive cliffhanger, so I am curious to see what happens next! Psylocke is not the only bitter heroine getting a hot reception by a criminal organization in an Asian country, as we see in -

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