Top 10 Cool Extreme Flying Cars

For more than five decades, science fiction has been tormenting us with hallucination of in-the-air roadways and hastily choreographing sports car-like flying cars. A number of businesses have been hunting the reverie for such a long time.

NASA’s PAV (Personal Air Vehicle) Challenge could do a great job to chase the wild dream. To kindle rapid modernism and advancement in PAV performance, NASA has funded $2,000,000 in cash prizes for the PAV flight competition.

Here is a list of some of the flying cars, including some vehicles that have taken a voyage in the air while some are waiting to do the same in the near future.

#1. Mad Ludwig’s flying car

Unfortunately, this ingenious man King Ludwig II of Bavaria was declared insane 10 June, 1886 and was deposed. And now, after around 120 years after his death, scientists are saying that he was a one of the pioneers of flight. Now, aeronautical specialists have found hiss drawings of the flying peacock car out and re-established them on computer.

#2. Aerocar International’s Aerocar

Dubbed the Taylor Aerocar, the American roadable aircraft was built in 1949 by Moulton Taylor. The Aerocar III, which was the final model built by Taylor was colored red had had silver wings.

#3. PAL-V: Personal Air and Land Vehicle

PAL-V Europe BV aims to build everybody’s dream in mobility, a full-fledged flying and full-fledged driving vehicle. Excerpt from the company’s page:

Steer it like a car and it banks like a motorcycle. It sounds deceivingly simple. And it truly is. At the heart of the PAL-V lies the Dynamic Vehicle Control (DVC™) system which automatically adjusts the tilt angle of the cockpit to the speed and acceleration of the vehicle enabling a plane-like ’tilting before cornering’.

#4. Moller M200X flying car

The M200X was invented by Moller back in the year 1989, which has now been taken to the air 200 times and can go as high as 50 feet.

#5. Skycar M400: Moller’s latest design

The dream flying machine is one of its kind personal vertical take off and landing (VTOL) vehicle that can cruise at a maximum speed of 375 MPH at 13,200 ft.

The asking price of a Skycar is estimated to be about $1 million, but we can hope it to get as low as $60,000 when it will be mass produced.

#6. Macro SkyRider X2R

How about going 200 miles in a mere 45 minutes? The enthralling new aero car SkyRider X2R developed by Macro industries can do the same.

The unique vehicle is said to be available in five years after receiving investment funding. They say that it could cost somewhere between $500,000 and $1 million per unit.

#7. Urban X-Hawk: The Revolutionary, Modular, VTOL Aircraft

From the company: X-Hawk is a ‘rotorless’ Vertical-Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. To be more precise, it is an aircraft that has the VTOL capability of a helicopter.

X-Hawk, in its air ambulance configuration offers a revolutionary capacity for emergency rescue teams to reach their destination quickly, in spite of practical obstacles or complex landscapes.

#8. Terrafugia Transition

The Terrafugia’s road-able aircraft Transition, priced supposedly at $148,000, comes with foldable wings and can fly and drive on road with perfection. It is expected to be ready for production by 2009 with a working prototype available in 2008.

#9. LaBiche Aerospace FSC-1TM

The LaBiche Aerospace FSC-1TM is a real treat for those who want to soar high in the sky with its sleek folding design and hair-raising speeds. The wings and rear propeller automatically vanish inside the car while you are busy setting the street on fire. The LaBiche flies at a mind-blowing speed of 275 mph. All do-it-yourself freaks would love to grab the build-it-yourself kit that costs $175,000.

#10. MIT student’s roadable aircraft

Carl Dietrich, a MIT aeronautical-engineering student shows a new spin on the concept of flying cars and has christened his tempting vehicle ‘roadable aircraft.’ He hopes to make this concept meet realism by 2010 and the price tag attached to it will be about $150,000.

Picnic On the Bridge - Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour Bridge was turned into a picnic en masse yesterday as thousands flocked to the world famous landmark to share breakfast. On most mornings, the bridge is packed with the vehicles of thousands of busy commuters driving bumper to bumper trying to make it to work in the rush-hour traffic. But this morning it was closed to traffic and instead transformed into a huge gathering for an al fresco breakfast as part of a city-wide food festival. Around 6,000 people were invited to lay siege on the grassy banks in the middle of the highway.

The aerial view of the bridge a scene like never before with freshly laid grass, grazing cows and hundreds of families enjoying a picnic breakfast. The forecast rain was thankfully held off and people turned out to enjoy croissants, sausages, bacon eggs and coffee - with a stunning view across the water to the Opera House. Many who were not among the lucky ticket-holders drawn from a ballot of 190,000 people to take part in the unique gathering still turned up at each end of the bridge.

They gaze at the spectacle of cows grazing on 10,000 square yards of turfed grass that had been laid over the tarmac. 'It's the most extraordinary sight,' said Rhonda Williams, 21, a backpacker from Bath, Somerset. 'I've been taking pictures all around Sydney in the past couple of weeks and like everyone else I've taken dozens of photos of the bridge.

It was such a historic event that local man Sid Elias used the occasion to propose to his girlfriend.
And they have agreed that if the 'Breakfast on the Bridge' became an annual event they'll return each time. The cows had been transported in from an outlying agricultural college and seemed unperturbed by their lofty surroundings over the harbour as they tucked into the grass and hay.
To add to the occasion, musicians strolled among the families - who included one couple who brought their four-week-old baby along - playing accordions and trumpets, while a honky-tonk piano player bashed out happy melodies. New South Wales government officials estimated the cost of laying on the unique event cost around £400,000 - but agreed it was worth it.

The state's premier, Mr Nathan Rees, said Breakfast on the Bridge was likely to become an annual event. 'It's worth a great deal in tourism dollars,' he said.'Everyone's been having a ball.'
Strolling across the grass, commuter Don Fuchs said: 'It's amazing to see the bridge in this perspective. 'Usually you sit in the car, you cross the bridge and that's it.' The breakfast was part of the Crave festival, one month of food, art, comedy and outdoor fun, which runs until next Saturday.

iWeb - 6.5'' Notebook - Transformer

What would be advanced, lightweight, compact and beautiful were not laptops and netbooks, one they will always lag behind the desktop, and it is - a full keyboard. I think few would argue with the fact that the printed text of 10-15 pages on a laptop is not so easy, then as a netbook, this procedure becomes suschuyu torture. The concept, proposed by designer Yang Yongchang is based on quite a successful idea: since we are dealing with a scanner, why not make a big crooked number? In fact, such solutions have been proposed in the concepts of external keyboards for the Tablet PC, in addition, collapsing real keyboard used in conjunction with the CPC in those days, when smart phones are not dragged to a consumer handheld computers. For example, if you implement this concept in any netbook, you can get quite a decent keyboard size of an average laptop. In turn, the netbook with such a design would have differed little from the desktop PC in terms of convenience of the press.

Nokia N8

Nokia N8 - official photos and video of the new smartphone

Nokia announced adhered until a certain time smartphone N8, fitted with a capacitive 3.5-inch screen, 12-megapixel camera, Xenon flash, and HDMI-output. Actually, the full specifications Nokia N8 became known yesterday, but now there are beautiful formal photographs - the device looks friendlier with his gay with bright flowers.

Nokia X2 - The Budget "Music" Phone

Nokia has announced a mobile phone X2. This is a classic candybar with a numeric keypad, which is an affordable music solution. NEW has expanded range of devices, which until then was presented models of Nokia X3 and X6, as well as Nokia X5. At Nokia X2 is not only a MP3 player, but also FM radio. To control the playback tracks are special keys, and you can either listen to music through speakers (provided 2 pieces) or headphones. Aside from music, Nokia X2 provides integration with social networks, for example, implemented a quick access to Facebook right from the start screen. New product will be relatively inexpensive: its cost without taxes and discounts will be 85 euros. Home sales planned for the second quarter of this year. In some markets, the phone will be available with the support of Nokia Music Store and Comes with Music.

Features Nokia X2:

• Cellular GSM / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• Software platform Series 40
• 2.2-inch screen with QVGA resolution and 262K colors
• 48 MB internal memory
• MicroSD card
• Micro-USB port
• 3,5 mm jack
• Wireless Interface Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Opening hours in standby mode - up to 25.8 days
• Opening hours of talk time - up to 13,5 hours
• Opening hours of music playback - up to 26,8 hours
• Dimensions - 111h47h13, 3 mm
• Weight - 81 grams
• Color - black and red, silver blue

Nokia - C3, C6 and E5

The first new product, Nokia C3, made in a candybar with a QWERTY-keyboard and is based on the platform S40. The phone has a 2.4-inch touchscreen display with QVGA, equipped with a 2-megapixel camera, a wireless interface module Wi-Fi and a slot for memory card format MicroSD. In addition, the presence of support services Ovi Mail, Ovi Chat and networks GSM / EGSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz). Presumably, the model will go on sale in the second quarter of this year and will be available in three colors: gray, pink and golden-white. The cost of the device - 90 euros.

Next novelty, Nokia C6, - is a smartphone, made in the slider and is equipped with QWERTY-keyboard. The device has a 3.2-inch 640x360 pixels, integrated GPS-navigator, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, 3.5-mm audio connector and a slot for memory card format MicroSD. Also "on board" device contains modules Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi, FM-tuner, 200 megabytes of internal memory and slot Micro-USB. Smartphone running the operating system Symbian S60 5.0. For sale Nokia C6 appears in the second quarter of this year with an estimated retail price of 220 euros.

Following news of yesterday's events - Nokia E5. Like previous models, this has a built-in QWERTY-keyboard, and, except for "activists" of social networks, perfect for beznesmenov. Nokia E5 executed in a candybar, a 2.4-inch touchscreen display with QVGA resolution and runs under the operating system Symbian S60 3rd Edition. In the list of specifications of the device has built-in 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED-flash, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi, jack 3,5 mm, GPS-receiver with A-GPS, 250 megabytes of internal memory, Micro-USB port and slot for memory card format MicroSD.

iWatch - Apple Concept Hours

Design studios ADR (Italy), A rare concept for a sober look and the ability to offer innovation. Watches have a beautiful name iWatch. They are enclosed in an aluminum housing supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. All of these opportunities they need to communicate and, apparently, synchronize data with iPad or iPhone. The clock can display RSS-feeds and weather forecasts, Internet access either through their own Wi-Fi, or by using Bluetooth-connection. Idea equipped hours 16 gigabytes of internal memory.