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UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld Ontdek de Fascinerende Wereld van UFO's en UAP's: Jouw Bron voor Onthullende Informatie!
Ben jij ook gefascineerd door het onbekende? Wil je meer weten over UFO's en UAP's, niet alleen in België, maar over de hele wereld? Dan ben je op de juiste plek!
België: Het Kloppend Hart van UFO-onderzoek
In België is BUFON (Belgisch UFO-Netwerk) dé autoriteit op het gebied van UFO-onderzoek. Voor betrouwbare en objectieve informatie over deze intrigerende fenomenen, bezoek je zeker onze Facebook-pagina en deze blog. Maar dat is nog niet alles! Ontdek ook het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt en Caelestia, twee organisaties die diepgaand onderzoek verrichten, al zijn ze soms kritisch of sceptisch.
Nederland: Een Schat aan Informatie
Voor onze Nederlandse buren is er de schitterende website www.ufowijzer.nl, beheerd door Paul Harmans. Deze site biedt een schat aan informatie en artikelen die je niet wilt missen!
Internationaal: MUFON - De Wereldwijde Autoriteit
Neem ook een kijkje bij MUFON (Mutual UFO Network Inc.), een gerenommeerde Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in de VS en wereldwijd. MUFON is toegewijd aan de wetenschappelijke en analytische studie van het UFO-fenomeen, en hun maandelijkse tijdschrift, The MUFON UFO-Journal, is een must-read voor elke UFO-enthousiasteling. Bezoek hun website op www.mufon.com voor meer informatie.
Samenwerking en Toekomstvisie
Sinds 1 februari 2020 is Pieter niet alleen ex-president van BUFON, maar ook de voormalige nationale directeur van MUFON in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Dit creëert een sterke samenwerking met de Franse MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP, wat ons in staat stelt om nog meer waardevolle inzichten te delen.
Let op: Nepprofielen en Nieuwe Groeperingen
Pas op voor een nieuwe groepering die zich ook BUFON noemt, maar geen enkele connectie heeft met onze gevestigde organisatie. Hoewel zij de naam geregistreerd hebben, kunnen ze het rijke verleden en de expertise van onze groep niet evenaren. We wensen hen veel succes, maar we blijven de autoriteit in UFO-onderzoek!
Blijf Op De Hoogte!
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Heb je vragen of wil je meer weten? Aarzel dan niet om contact met ons op te nemen! Samen ontrafelen we het mysterie van de lucht en daarbuiten.
26-06-2017
De vliegende auto: het transportmiddel van de toekomst? Nee!
De vliegende auto: het transportmiddel van de toekomst? Nee!
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Mensen zien er al decennia reikhalzend naar uit en dit jaar kun je ‘m pre-orderen: de vliegende auto. Maar waarschijnlijk is ‘ie een stuk onhandiger dan je denkt.
In 1940 voorspelde Henry Ford al dat ‘ie zou gaan komen. En nu – bijna 80 jaar later – lijkt het zover te zijn. Nog dit jaar kun je de vliegende auto pre-orderen. Wie dat wel ziet zitten en zijn auto direct wil inruilen, moet er rekening mee houden dat er – een beetje afhankelijk van de auto die je nu rijdt – nog een beetje geld bij gelegd moet worden. Naar verwachting staat op het prijskaartje van de eerste vliegende auto namelijk een bedrag met vijf nullen. Maar goed: beter duur dan niet te koop, nietwaar?
De vliegende auto spreekt al lang tot de verbeelding. Hier zie je Jess Dixon in zijn zelfgebouwde vliegende auto. Het kiekje werd omstreeks 1940 gemaakt.
Verenigen Dat de vliegende auto zo duur is – en dat we er zo lang op hebben moeten wachten – is goed te verklaren, zo vertelt Hans Heerkens, als luchtvaartspecialist verbonden aan de Universiteit Twente. “Er moeten heel veel dingen ingestopt worden die eigenlijk niet in een auto of vliegtuig passen. Zo moet de auto wielaandrijving hebben, terwijl het vliegtuig weer een propeller of vleugels met een flinke spanwijdte nodig heeft. En terwijl een vliegtuig zo licht mogelijk moet zijn, is het met het oog op de veiligheid weer prettig als de auto wat robuuster en zwaarder is. Ook heb je in een vliegtuig heel andere instrumenten nodig dan in een auto. Daarnaast zijn de veiligheidseisen anders.” Om dat allemaal met elkaar te rijmen en uiteindelijk vliegtuig en auto in één transportmiddel te verenigen: dat valt niet mee en is dus duur.
Waarom zou je? Verschillende fabrikanten hebben er desalniettemin de afgelopen decennia tijd, geld en energie ingestoken. Heerkens snapt daar eerlijk gezegd weinig van. “Waarom zou je met een vliegtuig over de weg willen rijden? Het is toch veel handiger om dan een auto én een vliegtuig te bezitten?” Dat geldt zeker als we kijken naar de vliegende auto’s die niet verticaal op kunnen stijgen en kunnen landen. “Dan kun je niet vanaf huis vliegen en moet je dus met je vliegende auto eerst naar een startbaan rijden. Ik zou dan zeggen: rijd naar die startbaan, parkeer je auto en pak het vliegtuig.” Ook technisch gezien is dat veel praktischer. “Een vliegende auto kun je heel moeilijk optimaliseren,” vertelt Heerkens. Want de eigenschappen van een optimale auto staan vaak haaks op die van een optimaal vliegtuig. Zo is een auto fijn stabiel met vier wielen. Maar diezelfde vier wielen zitten het vliegtuig weer in de weg. “Ze zitten redelijk ver van het zwaartepunt, waardoor je heel veel kracht moet zetten op het roer om de neus van het vliegtuig tijdens het opstijgen omhoog te krijgen.”
“DE VLIEGENDE AUTO KAN EIGENLIJK ALLEEN EEN SUCCES WORDEN ALS ELITE-SPEELTJE”
Elite-speeltje Wie de vliegende auto aanschaft, moet dus niet verwachten dat hij een optimaal presterende auto en optimaal presterend vliegtuig in één koopt. Ook moet je niet verwachten dat je er zomaar eventjes mee naar je werk kunt vliegen. Want aan piloten worden strenge eisen gesteld. Je zult regelmatig medisch gekeurd moeten worden. Je moet je vliegbrevet halen, op jaarbasis voldoende vlieguren maken en zo af en toe in het gezelschap van een instructeur aantonen dat je het allemaal nog in de vingers hebt. Dat kost allemaal tijd en – wederom – geld. Met al die haken en ogen kun je jezelf serieus afvragen of de vliegende auto wel een toekomst heeft. Voor nu ziet Heerkens deze naar eigen zeggen vooral als “een elite-speeltje”. Leuk om tijdens verjaardagen of op de miljonairsfair over op te scheppen en zo af en toe eens met over je landgoed te vliegen.
Autonoom En zelfs als de prijs scherp zou dalen, lijkt de vliegende auto in zijn huidige vorm niet het ideale transportmiddel voor Jan Modaal. “Als iedereen er één heeft, raakt het luchtruim hartstikke vol.” En dan komt de veiligheid weer in het geding. De veiligheid kan in zo’n situatie in de ogen van Heerkens maar op één manier gehandhaafd worden. “Als we de vliegende auto volledig automatiseren.” Daarnaast is het noodzakelijk dat de vliegende auto verticaal kan landen en opstijgen, want anders sta je alsnog in de file bij de start- en landingsbaan. Zodra een vliegende auto echter in staat is om verticaal te landen en op te stijgen, graaft het tweezijdige transportmiddel echter zijn eigen graf. “Want als je verticaal kunt opstijgen en landen heb je toch eigenlijk geen auto meer nodig?” merkt Heerkens fijntjes op. En zo lijkt niet de vliegende auto, maar het autonome vliegtuig dat verticaal kan landen en opstijgen de toekomst te hebben.
De AeroMobil, een vliegende auto die je nog dit jaar kunt pre-orderen. Verkoopprijs is nog onbekend, maar zal zeker een bedrag met vijf nullen zijn.
Afbeelding: Aeromobil.com
Opportunistisch Aangezien de acceptatie van de zelfrijdende auto al wat voeten in de aarde heeft, lijkt het omarmen van de vliegende equivalent daarvan bijna ondenkbaar. “Dat zal inderdaad niet vandaag of morgen gebeuren,” denkt Heerkens. “Tegelijkertijd zijn mensen ook heel opportunistisch.” Als ze op een gegeven moment de voordelen van het autonome vliegtuig inzien, met schrik in de benen instappen en het een paar keer goed gaat, kan hun mening zomaar veranderen. Heerkens heeft dat eerder zien gebeuren. “Lang stak men de Atlantische Oceaan alleen over met vliegtuigen die drie of vier motoren hadden.” Als er dan eentje uitviel, was er geen vuiltje aan de lucht. “Maar op een gegeven moment gingen fabrikanten tweemotorige vliegtuigen ontwikkelen. Je hoorde de deskundigen roepen dat dat veel te gevaarlijk was en dat ze daar nooit in zouden stappen. Inmiddels kijken we alleen nog maar naar wat het goedkoopste ticket is.” En vliegen we dus allemaal met tweemotorige vliegtuigen naar de andere kant van de Atlantische Oceaan. “Je hoort niemand meer over veiligheid.” En zo kan het ook gaan met het autonome vliegtuigje “als mensen inzien dat het goedkoper en gemakkelijker is en zich de eerste paar jaar geen ongelukken voordoen.” Wat dat laatste betreft, is Heerkens optimistisch. “Ik denk dat een autonoom vliegtuigje veiliger kan zijn dan een vliegtuig dat door mensen bestuurd wordt.”
Dubai De vliegende auto lijkt het dus af te leggen tegen het autonome privé-vliegtuig. Maar wanneer kunnen we dat pre-orderen? “Dat kan nog wel dertig tot veertig jaar duren,” denkt Heerkens. Op korte termijn ziet hij meer in onbemande luchttaxi’s, waar momenteel in Dubai (zie het filmpje hieronder) al druk mee geëxperimenteerd wordt. “Dat kan veel sneller gaan. Misschien vliegen ze binnen tien jaar al wel rond.” Dat die luchttaxi’s hun doorbraak sneller kunnen beleven, heeft natuurlijk te maken met de aanschafkosten. Maar weinigen zullen zich een autonoom rondvliegend privé-vliegtuigje kunnen permitteren. “En waarom zou je ook een privé-luchttaxi willen als je zoiets met één appje kunt laten komen wanneer je het nodig hebt?”
Het staat eenieder die nog ergens een bedrag met vijf nullen in een oude sok heeft zitten natuurlijk vrij om later dit jaar de vliegende auto te pre-orderen. Maar wie verstandig is, wacht nog even. Met een beetje geluk word je geduld beloond en stap je over een jaar of tien in een volledig autonome luchttaxi. Heerkens kan niet wachten. “Heerlijk, met een leesboek instappen en het boek pas dichtklappen als je op je bestemming landt. Ik teken ervoor.”
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24-06-2017
The world's first hoverbike is officially for sale
The world's first hoverbike is officially for sale
Published on Feb 23, 2017
The Event Is Coming Soon - The World’s First Hoverbike is Ready to Ride
byPaul Seaburn
Start saving your bitcoins (or whatever it is you do to accumulate a sizeable pile of them). If your bucket list includes being the first on your block to own an operational and really cool hoverbike, your wait is over. The Russian startup company Hoversurf announced it has achieved its goal of … Making flying as easy as riding a bike. OK, a really dangerous bike, but that’s why you want one, right? The Scorpion-3 was unveiled this week by Hoversurf in a warehouse at its headquarters in San Francisco. The company – whose motto is “Aim high” (with an implied “Kids, don’t try this at home”) – began as a manufacturer of heavy-lift cargo drones with carrying capacities ranging from 90 to 2,500 kg. (198 to 5511 lbs.). That should be good news for the ‘bigger biker’, right?
Not quite. While based on the same platform as the cargo drones, the Scorpion-3 has a weight limit of 266 pounds of “amateur and professional navigators.” That’s a code phrase for ‘extreme sports enthusiasts’ and other adrenaline addicts who can ride a fast bike AND deal with it being 33 feet (10 meters) off the ground – the current restricted altitude limit.
Well, “fast” is relative – the top speed of the Scorpion-3 is currently restricted to 33 mph (53 kmph) but that undoubtedly seems a lot faster when flying. Hoversurf says its engineers used a standard motorbike design to make it easy for riders with cycle experience to handle the Scorpion-3. For lift and thrust, an electric motor powers the quadcopter propellers taken from the drone platform and can reportedly keep the Scorpion-3 aloft for 27 minutes – more than enough time to generate enough excitement to require a change of pants.
This incredibly creative ad from Gatorade uses a “liquid printer” and precision-timed strobe photography to create a stop-motion athlete from drops of water. What’s more, it was created entirely in-camera, according to the company.
The video starts off with a human figure being pumped out of a water printer. Okay, that’s pretty cool, but water printers are nothing new. But then the figure jogs over to a box and starts doing box jumps, with water splashing as its feet hit the box.
The figure stands and starts kicking a punching bag, which recoils with each strike. The ad would be pretty impressive on its own, but Gatorade says that the entire thing was created in-camera.
The water printer itself comprises over 20,000 parts, and took over 5,000 man hours to construct. The printer they built had 2,048 individual nozzles, which turned on and off within 2 milliseconds. The strobes were then set to freeze the droplets mid-air. James Medcraft, the project’s director of photography explains:
We’re using the flash to freeze the water droplets at a very precise moment in space, and we’re having to do that with millimetre and microsecond accuracy.
To create the motion, the nozzles were driven by motion capture data of a real athlete who ran, jumped, and kicked while wearing sensors. The water rig would then drop a frame-by-frame animation, which was frozen with each flash.
The result is the very impressive ad, that you can watch in full at the top. The one thing we can’t figure out – how did they create the punching bag scene without CGI?
Gatorade has shared a behind the scenes video, which you can watch below. How do you think they did it?
The PAL-V will be the first flying car to hit the consumer market, with aims to reach customers by 2018. In competition with it are AeroMobil are Terrfugia, both of which are launching futuristic aero-vehicles.
FLYING CARS BY 2018
The Personal Air Land Vehicle (PAL-V) Liberty is looking likely to become the first flying car intended for general adoption and real world application — and it could be available soon. While the first model was developed in 2012, the company is aiming to deliver its first car to the first customer by the end of 2018. They hope to produce 50 to 100 models in 2019, and a few hundred by 2020.
The planned price is €299,000 EUR ($333, 340 USD) for the sport version and €499,000 EUR ($556, 310 USD) for the first edition. Of course, cost isn’t the only consideration: customers will need to acquire both a flying and driving license before using the vehicle, and each car will need to undergo 150 hours of flight testing before being approved.
The PAL-V is one of many flying cars in development at the moment. Other bids include Toyota’s plan to bring a flying car to the 2020 Toyko Olympics — although the end goal for this model would be carrying the Olympic torch, rather than being destined for mass production.
At the moment, the PAL-V’s main market competition are companies like AeroMobil, and another called Terrfugia. Both use plane-like propulsion systems, as opposed to the Pal-V’s gyrocopter technology, to take off. Aerombil has already started accepting pre-orders for 2020, while Terrafugia is expected to deliver their first Transition in 2019.
THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORT?
It may well be that flying cars as the future of transport. They would provide a way to decrease traffic congestion, cut out airport flight times, provide alternatives for people living a long way from work, and give a means of transport to countries that lack the infrastructure for consistent large scale flights.
However, not everyone agrees with that assessment: Elon Musk isn’t so sure flying cars are the future of transport, as he told Bloomberg’s Max Chafkin: “Obviously, I like flying things, but it’s difficult to imagine the flying car becoming a scalable solution.”
Among the main criticisms of the technology are the fact that it would need to produce a lot of downforce to stay in the sky — which produces a lot of noise and wind — and that they may well be more dangerous than road cars: should they be involved in an accident, passengers and debris could quite literally end up falling from the sky. The PAL-V has handled the the first issue with its gyrocopte, which keeps speed in check and is a key safety feature.
While a future with flying cars is an exciting one to behold, there are some major obstacles the industry needs to overcome first. And while it’s certainly encouraging that there’s interest, we shouldn’t take the acceptance of pre-orders as being interchangeable with government policy or even approval.
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18-06-2017
OUR NEXT EVOLUTIONAL STAGE WILL BE THE CYBORG
OUR NEXT EVOLUTIONAL STAGE WILL BE THE CYBORG
Cyborgs – hybrid creatures forged from human beings and machines – have gradually been making the transition from science fiction staple into reality in the past decades.
Primarily, the use of robotic technology in human beings is used as a medical tool in the present day but as the technology improves it may be employed for a whole host of different reasons. This has led leading philosophers to suggest that the time has come to discuss the ethical implications of creating cyborg humans in the near future.
Most people do not tend to think of prosthetic limbs as the type of robotics which lead to the creation of cyborg humans. However, the latest technology in this field is far more advanced than the majority of people suspect. Carbon fiber and titanium prosthetic limbs are used as a matter of routine in the modern age and the vast majority of false limbs which are fitted today are fully functional.
Prosthetic limbs have become so adept and dexterous recently that experts are even beginning to discuss whether they are more effective than organic limbs. Researchers have also created phenomenal robotic hands which can be triggered by the brain of the patients. Some of the most recent robotic hands produced even have a sense of touch.
Recently, robotic engineers have progressed beyond artificial limbs and have begun to dabble with the idea of implanting human beings with microchips. In recent months, there has been news that a company in Sweden has begun to implant its employees with microchips so that they can perform tasks such as opening doors with the wave of a hand. Even more ambitiously, the Tesla CEO Elon Musk is in the process of developing a so-called neural lace which will eventually be capable of connecting the human mind to electronic devices such as computers and smartphones.
Humanity is becoming more and more ambitious with its plans to push the boundaries of science and technology, particularly regarding space exploration. For many individuals, developing effective cyborg technology could be an essential step towards achieving these dreams. However, others believe that before cyborg technology goes too far that it is incredibly important to discuss the moral and legal questions posed by this next stage of human history.
Ethical philosophers are already beginning to question various aspects of life with cyborg human beings such as establishing safeguards to ensure that human beings cannot be hacked. There are also concerns that there could be troubling implications for the world’s military forces who might use the new developments in cyborg technology to create humans with exoskeletons.
It is very important to consider these questions now to make sure that this next stage in human development is a success and not a complete disaster
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14-06-2017
A New 3D Printed Bionic Hand Could Help Two Million Worldwide
A New 3D Printed Bionic Hand Could Help Two Million Worldwide
Daniel Omar, now 14, was fitted with a 3D-printed prosthetic arm after losing both arms during an aerial attack in Sudan. Photograph: Not Impossible/Project Daniel
OpenBionics
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Open Bionics have produced a 3D printed bionic hand that could benefit thousands with its modifiability, low turnaround time, and cost-effectiveness. If the clinical trial proves that the hand is safe and effective, it could radically change prosthetic care.
A new, affordable, 3D printed bionic hand that could transform the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) has begun its first clinical trial in England. BBC’s coverage focuses on a girl called Tilly Lockey who is one of the 10 children taking part in the trial.
The arm is built by Open Bionics, based near Bristol, with the goal to create “low-cost bionic hands” to help the estimated two million hand amputees worldwide. Their hands can be created in just over 42 hours and cost around £3,000 ($3,360).
The hands can also be modified to the wearer’s preference. Most endearingly, the company has shown child-specific styles, which them look like Star Wars or Iron Man hands. As Tilly says in the video, when people see it “They’re like ‘oh my gosh that’s a cool hand!'”
These cheap, functional, and quick-to-produce bionic arms have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of those missing arms in Britain. If the clinical trial is successful, they will be rolled out as part of the free NHS service, improving thousands of lives.
The future of bionics looks bright as we see more limb replacements that are miles ahead of the crude hooks of the past. At the most advanced end of the spectrum, there are even arms that can translate thoughts into prosthetic movements, and prosthetics that come equipped with a full technological arsenal — including a drone, interactive screen, and USB port.
Orthopaedic technician Moses Kaweesa assembles a 3D-printed artificial leg at CoRSU hospital in Uganda.
University of Cambridge researchers have developed an AI algorithm that can assess how much pain a sheep is in by reading its facial expressions. This system can facilitate the early detection of painful conditions in livestock, and eventually, it could be used as the basis for AIs that read emotions on human faces.
READING SHEEP
One of today’s more popular artificially intelligent (AI) androids comes from the TV series “MARVEL’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Those of you who followed the latest season’s story — no spoilers here! — probably love or hate ADA by now. One of the most interesting things about this fictional AI character is that it can read people’s emotions. Thanks to researchers from the University of Cambridge, this AI ability might soon make the jump from sci-fi to reality.
The first step in creating such a system is training an algorithm on simpler facial expressions and just one specific emotion or feeling. To that end, the Cambridge team focused on using a machine learning algorithm to figure out if a sheep is in pain, and this week, they presented their research at the IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition in Washington, D.C.
Image credit: Robinson, et al./University of Cambridge
The system they developed, the Sheep Pain Facial Expression Scale (SPFES), was trained using a dataset of 500 sheep photographs to learn how to identify five distinct features of a sheep’s face when the animal is in pain. The algorithm then ranks the features on a scale of 1 to 10 to determine the severity of the pain. Early tests showed that the SPFES could estimate pain levels with an 80 percent accuracy.
HUMANE AND HUMAN
SPFES was a departure for Peter Robinson, the Cambridge professor leading the research, as he typically focuses on systems designed to read human facial expressions. “There’s been much more study over the years with people,” Robinson explained in a press release.“But a lot of the earlier work on the faces of animals was actually done by Darwin, who argued that all humans and many animals show emotion through remarkably similar behaviors, so we thought there would likely be crossover between animals and our work in human faces.”
As co-author Marwa Mahmoud explained, “The interesting part is that you can see a clear analogy between these actions in the sheep’s faces and similar facial actions in humans when they are in pain – there is a similarity in terms of the muscles in their faces and in our faces.”
Next, the team hopes to teach SPFES how to read sheep facial expressions from moving images, as well as train the system to work when a sheep isn’t looking directly at a camera. Even as is, though, the algorithm could improve the quality of life of livestock like sheep by facilitating the early detection of painful conditions that require quick treatment, adding it to the growing list of practical and humane applications for AI.
Additional developments could lead to systems that are able to accurately recognize and react to human emotions, further blurring the line between natural and artificial intelligences.
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15-05-2017
A Robot Can Print This $32,000 House in as Little as 8 Hours
A Robot Can Print This $32,000 House in as Little as 8 Hours
PassivDom
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PassivDom uses a 3D printing robot that can print the walls, roof, and floor of a 380-square-foot model home in about eight hours. When complete, the homes are autonomous and mobile, meaning they don't need to connect to external electrical and plumbing systems.
Building a house by hand can be both time-consuming and expensive. Numerous homebuilders have chosen to automate part of the construction (i.e., by printing the home’s parts) instead.
A new Ukrainian homebuilding startup called PassivDom uses a 3D printing robot that can print parts for tiny houses. The machine can print the walls, roof, and floor of PassivDom’s 380-square-foot model in about eight hours. The windows, doors, plumbing, and electrical systems are then added by a human worker.
When complete, the homes are autonomous and mobile, meaning they don’t need to connect to external electrical and plumbing systems. Solar energy is stored in a battery connected to the houses, and water is collected and filtered from humidity in the air (or you can pour water into the system yourself). The houses also feature an independent sewage system.
PassivDom’s homes, which start at $31,900, are now available for preorder online in Ukraine and the US, and the first ones will be delivered later this year.
Check out the homes below.
PassivDom’s smallest model measures 380 square feet and costs $31,900, designer Maria Sorokina tells Business Insider.
Passivdom
Here’s what the house looks like when you walk in the front door. It’s a large open space with a small kitchen and floor-to-ceiling windows.
Passivdom
This model doesn’t include a separate bedroom, which means residents need a sleeper sofa. A small bathroom is located near the kitchen.
Passivdom
PassivDom offers three models of homes and can make custom models as well. The premium models come with furniture, but the one pictured below comes unfurnished.
Passivdom
The homes also offer the possibility of living off the grid.
“We should have opportunities to live in nature away from civilization, but have comfortable conditions of a traditional house,” Sorokina says. “This technology can allow us to live in the woods, on mountains, or on the shore — far away from people and infrastructure.”
Passivdom
To make a PassivDom home, the team maps out the plan for the 3D printer in its factories in Ukraine and California. Layer by layer, the seven-axel robot prints the roof, floor, and 20-centimeter-thick walls, which are made of carbon fibers, polyurethane, resins, basalt fibers, and fiberglass.
Passivdom
Doors, windows, appliances, an alarm system, solar panels, and the septic, electrical, healing, cooling systems are then added.
Depending on the model, the whole process can take under 24 hours. The design and production of larger houses with more specifications and finishes, like the one below, can take up to a month. If a house is premade, it can be shipped the next day.
Passivdom
The startup believes 3D printing is a cheaper, more efficient way to build homes that it can sell at a (relatively) affordable price. “Over 100 million people do not have a roof over their heads,” Sorokina says. “It is necessary to build more affordable houses.”
Passivdom
PassivDom is not the only company using 3D printing to build homes. The San Francisco-based housing startup Apis Cor, Dus Architects in Amsterdam, as well as Branch Technology from Chattanooga, Tennessee, say they can construct homes in mere days or weeks.
A team out of Beijing, China has developed and built another giant robot that it wants to enter in the upcoming robot battle set for August.
The Monkey King can fight on all fours or standing on two legs while holding a staff.
The upcoming MegaBots battle was just delivered a surprise twist with another giant bot looking to square up in the ring. What was originally a two titan grudge match for the ages now has the potential of becoming a three-way death match rife with black blood and twisted metal.
This new contender hails from Beijing’s Greatmetal and goes by the name of Monkey King. This behemoth sets itself apart from the competition with its ability to fight both on all fours and bipedally. Even more, it can wield a staff while fighting on its hind legs.
The Monkey King could go up against the Mk. III from the U.S. or Japan’s KURATAS. The original plan was for the American and Japanese bots to square off sometime in August. And, while a three-way melee sounds incredible, it might be more likely that the champion from the planned fight in August would earn the right to go toe-to-toe with royalty in a more tournament-style match.
This could be the start of a brand new sports league combining the brains of robotics with all the muscle of pro-sports. Stay tuned for updates on the exact date and time of the first brawl as well as any more hints as to whether or not the Monkey King will be joining the fray.
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04-05-2017
Spherical Drone Display Looks Like 360-Degree Flying Screen
Spherical Drone Display Looks Like 360-Degree Flying Screen
By Kacey Deamer, Staff Writer
The drone is surrounded by eight curved LED strips that spin rapidly during flight, creating the illusion of a spherical screen.
Credit: NTT DOCOMO
Forget plane-pulled banners ― there may be a new way to advertise in the sky.
The Japanese telecom company NTT DOCOMO recently revealed what it claims is the "world's first spherical drone display." Although it appears to be a solid, globe-shaped screen while in flight, the display is actually an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, or drone) inside a spherical frame with curved LED strips. The LEDs spin rapidly during flight, creating the illusion of a spherical screen. The drone display was showcased April 29-30 during the Niconico Chokaigi conference, a festival of Japan's internet culture.
Though the technology is not yet ready for commercial use, the company said it should be available by March 2019. These flying screens could be used for advertisements during a sporting event, or to display information at a concert, according to DOCOMO. [Photos from Above: 8 Cool Camera-Carrying Drones]
"Going forward, the company will explore potential entertainment and messaging solutions for event venues, including stadiums and concert halls," company officials wrote in a statement. Previously, it was challenging to equip a drone with a spherical display because it interfered with the airflow of the drone's propellers, according to DOCOMO. In addition, the display's weight tended to drag down the aircraft. The telecom company solved these issues by using a mostly hollow display, which allows for better airflow and is lightweight.
The spherical frame surrounding the drone has a maximum diameter of about 35 inches (88 centimeters), and the display measures 144 pixels high by 136 pixels wide. The entire device, drone and display, weighs just 7.5 pounds (3.4 kilograms). Since it's relatively small and light, the drone display is highly maneuverable and, according to DOCOMO, could be operated virtually anywhere.
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29-04-2017
Scientists Can Now Create Glass Figurines with a 3D Printer
Scientists Can Now Create Glass Figurines with a 3D Printer
By Charles Q. Choi, Live Science Contributor
A three-dimensional glass castle that was created with a 3D printer.
Credit: NeptunLab/KIT
Intricate glass creations such as miniature castles and tiny pretzels can now be fabricated using 3D printing, according to a new study. The technique could one day be used to manufacture lenses for smartphone cameras as well as other key glass components, researchers said.
Archaeological research suggests humans have employed glassmaking for millennia. The process typically requires hot furnaces and harsh chemicals. Recently, scientists have investigated whether they could sidestep these drawbacks using 3D printing.
A 3D printer is a machine that creates items from a wide variety of materials: plastic, ceramic, metal and even more unusual ingredients, such as living cells. These devices work by depositing layers of material, just as ordinary printers lay down ink, except 3D printers can also deposit flat layers on top of each other to build objects in three dimensions. [The 10 Weirdest Things Created by 3D Printing]
Until now, the only methods for shaping glass using 3D printing also required using a laser or heating the materials to searing temperatures of about 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius), the researchers in the new study said. In both cases, the end products were coarse, rough structures that were not suitable for many applications, the researchers added.
"People thought glass was too difficult to work with via 3D printing," said study senior author Bastian Rapp, a mechanical engineer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
This honeycomb structure printed in fused silica glass is exposed to a flame that is almost 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit (800 degrees Celsius).
Credit: NeptunLab/KIT
Now, scientists have developed a new technique to fabricate complex glass structures using a standard 3D printer. The secret, the researchers said, is something they call "liquid glass."
"What this work does is it closes an important gap in the palette of modern 3D printing," Rapp told Live Science.
The scientists began with particles made of silica, the same material used to make glass. These particles were only 40 nanometers, or billionths of a meter, wide, which is about 2,500 times thinner than the average strand of human hair.
These silica nanoparticles were dispersed in an acrylic solution. The researchers could then use a standard 3D printer to fabricate complex items using this "liquid glass," the study said. Ultraviolet light could harden these objects into a kind of plastic similar to acrylic glass.
When these pieces of plastic were exposed to temperatures of about 2,370 degrees F (1,300 degrees C), the plastic burned away while the silica nanoparticles fused together into smooth, transparent glass structures, the study said. With the aid of additives, this technique can print colored glasses, tinted green, blue or red, for example, the researchers said.
"Glass is one of the oldest materials that mankind has used, and it's still a high-performance material, and for many applications, the only choice of material," Rapp said. "What our research does is bridge a necessary gap between 21st-century manufacturing techniques and a material that's centuries old."
The commercial 3D printer the researchers used could print features as tiny as a few dozen microns. For comparison, the average human hair is 100 microns wide.
This new method does not require harsh chemicals, and it produces glass components smooth and clear enough for use as lenses and in other applications, the researchers said.
"You can think of creating tiny lenses for smartphone cameras," Rapp said. "You can think about creating chemically and thermally resistant micro reactors made from glass that chemical reactions can take place in."
This new technique could also help create optical and photonics components for high-speed data transmission, Rapp said. (Photonic devices manipulate light just as electronic circuits manipulate electricity.) "You can also think much bigger, with 3D curved pieces of glass for architecture," Rapp said.
"We are now spinning off a company to commercialize this technology," Rapp said. "We hope that in a few years' time, glass will be as convenient to 3D print as plastic is nowadays."
The scientists detailed their findings online April 19 in the journal Nature.
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28-04-2017
Another Google Co-Founder Is Building a Secret Aircraft
Another Google Co-Founder Is Building a Secret Aircraft
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
The USS Macon entering Hangar One at the NASA Ames Research center in 1934.
Photographer: Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images
IN BRIEF
Another Google founder apparently has plans of building an aircraft. According to sources, the vehicle closely resembles a zeppelin and is currently housed at NASA's Ames Research Center.
While Larry Page was busy bringing his “flying car” to reality, another Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, was apparently on a similar path, trying to create a vehicle that will take to the skies as well.
However, unlike Page’s land/air hybrid vehicle, the Kitty Hawk Flyer, which could be introduced into the market as early as this year, Brin’s project is a giant airship resembling a zeppelin that’s currently housed at the NASA Ames Research Center. According to a report by Bloomberg, the project was spurred after Brin saw old photos of the USS Macon, an old airship built by the US Navy.
This particular prototype could have been created as part of a potential business venture — which would be timely, given that we’re at the cusp of airborne vehicles and flying taxi fleets becoming a reality. Or, it could be simply a passion project for Brin, who apparently has a long-standing fascination with airships. We just don’t know yet.
News of this project has piqued the curiosity of many. New airship technology could potentially help cut delivery and transport costs, given that it can accommodate massive amounts of cargo and be more fuel efficient. But whatever his intentions are for this project, Brin certainly has a few experienced friends he can tap for advice.
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Another Google Co-Founder Is Building a Secret Aircraft
Another Google Co-Founder Is Building a Secret Aircraft
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
The USS Macon entering Hangar One at the NASA Ames Research center in 1934.
Photographer: Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images
IN BRIEF
Another Google founder apparently has plans of building an aircraft. According to sources, the vehicle closely resembles a zeppelin and is currently housed at NASA's Ames Research Center.
While Larry Page was busy bringing his “flying car” to reality, another Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, was apparently on a similar path, trying to create a vehicle that will take to the skies as well.
However, unlike Page’s land/air hybrid vehicle, the Kitty Hawk Flyer, which could be introduced into the market as early as this year, Brin’s project is a giant airship resembling a zeppelin that’s currently housed at the NASA Ames Research Center. According to a report by Bloomberg, the project was spurred after Brin saw old photos of the USS Macon, an old airship built by the US Navy.
This particular prototype could have been created as part of a potential business venture — which would be timely, given that we’re at the cusp of airborne vehicles and flying taxi fleets becoming a reality. Or, it could be simply a passion project for Brin, who apparently has a long-standing fascination with airships. We just don’t know yet.
News of this project has piqued the curiosity of many. New airship technology could potentially help cut delivery and transport costs, given that it can accommodate massive amounts of cargo and be more fuel efficient. But whatever his intentions are for this project, Brin certainly has a few experienced friends he can tap for advice.
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Impossible Physics: Meet NASA’s Design for a Warp Drive Ship
Impossible Physics: Meet NASA’s Design for a Warp Drive Ship
Mark Rademaker /
IN BRIEF
Warp drive would allow us to travel 10 times faster than the speed of light without actually breaking the speed of light – however, most scientists think that the technology will never actually work. Despite this, NASA has released designs for a faster-than-light ship that uses the hypothetical tech.
Before we jump into this, you should know that a number of scientists are currently researching the feasibility of warp drive (and EMdrive and a number of other modes of faster than light travel); however, most think that such forms of space travel simply aren’t viable, thanks to the fundamental physics of our universe.
So although part of this article is simply, “Oh my gosh, look at this amazing design,” that’s not the entire point. To that end, let’s take a moment to break this all down a bit so we have an understanding of what exactly is being proposed in relation to warp drive, and why it is met with such skepticism, before we get a bit too carried away…
Alcubierre warp drive via Anderson Institute
In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a new kind of technology that would allow us to travel 10 times faster than the speed of light without actually breaking the speed of light. That seems a little contradictory, doesn’t it? After all, we’ve been told time and again that light is the universal speed limit – nothing in the cosmos can travel faster than it (much less 10 times faster).
And herein lies the key to the Alcubierre drive: When you use it, you aren’t actually moving through space.
This technology would not actually propel the ship to speeds exceeding light; instead, it uses the deformation of spacetime permitted by General Relativity to warp the universe around the vessel. Essentially, when the drive is activated the spacetime behind expands, while in the front it contracts. In this respect, the path taken becomes a time-like free-fall.
Alcubierre’s ideas have lead to a number of interesting thought experiments in quantum field theory; however, as mentioned above, most scientists think that the technology will never actually work. When you think about it, that kind of makes sense. Obviously, warping space requires a lot of mass and energy, and ensuring that the space where you are located isn’t warped is tricky business. Indeed, the proposition was mostly just a thought experiment when it was first proposed – not something Alcubierre thought was actually viable technology.
In short, it requires negative energy densities, which can’t be strictly disproven but are probably unrealistic; the total amount of energy is likely to be equivalent to the mass-energy of an astrophysical body; and the gravitational fields produced would likely rip any ship to shreds. My personal estimate of the likelihood we will ever be able to build a “warp drive” is much less than 1%. And the chances it will happen in the next hundred years I would put at less than 0.01%.
That said, scientists will likely be producing papers addressing these ideas for some time. We’ll continue to cover them as they come out (and though things may look painfully dismal for this technology, who knows what the future may hold).
But on to the design…
In 2010, NASA physicist Harold White revealed that he and a team were working on a design for this faster-than-light ship, and this is the most recent design of what such a ship might actually look like. As you can see in the image, the ship rests between two enormous rings, which create the warp bubble.
Image via Mark Rademaker
Artist Mark Rademaker worked on the project with White. In the release, Rademaker asserts that he spent over 1,600 hours working on the design. The ship is called the IXS Enterprise, and it is meant to fit the concept for a Faster Than Light ship. Mike Okuda also brought input, and designed the Ship’s insignia.
To give you some idea of just how awesome warp technology would be: A trip to the nearest star (Proxima Centauri), which rests some four light-years from Earth, would ordinarily take over 17,000 years. However, with the Alcubierre drive, it would take a little under five months. For those of us who have a mental breakdown on 10 hour plane flights, 5 months might still seem like quite a bit of travel time. But when we are talking about the vast cosmic distances between Earth and Proxima Centauri, a 5 month trip would be an achievement of monumental proportions (keep in mind, it took Curiosity 8 months just to reach Mars).
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25-04-2017
Ook deze vliegende boot kun je later dit jaar aanschaffen
Ook deze vliegende boot kun je later dit jaar aanschaffen
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Behalve de vliegende auto kun je ook de vliegende boot met een gerust hart aan je verlanglijstje voor Sinterklaas toevoegen. Beiden zijn namelijk nog dit jaar te bestellen!
Het bedrijf Kitty Hawk heeft aangekondigd nog dit jaar de Kitty Hawk Flyer op de markt te brengen. Hieronder zie je een prototype in actie.
Wat ‘ie gaat kosten? Dat blijft nog even in nevelen gehuld, maar het lijkt aannemelijk dat de meesten van ons er een klein hypotheekje voor af moeten gaan sluiten. Maar dan heb je ook wat. Wat precies? Een soort vliegende jetski. Om een beetje een beeld te geven van de mogelijkheden die dat biedt, heeft Kitty Hawk onderstaand filmpje vrijgegeven waarin een dame zichzelf uitnodigt voor een etentje en vervolgens – dankzij de Kitty Hawk Flyer – binnen twee minuten op de stoep staat. Fijn!
Geen vliegbrevet nodig Het prototype in het filmpje is ontworpen om boven water te vliegen en op water te landen. Het is voorzien van een elektrische aandrijving. Voor het ultralichte prototype heb je geen vliegbrevet nodig. En volgens Kitty Hawk heb je het besturen van de vliegende boot binnen enkele minuten onder de knie.
Iets ander uiterlijk Het vliegende gevaarte dat Kitty Hawk later dit jaar op de markt brengt, zal er iets anders uit gaan zien dan het prototype, zo laat het bedrijf weten. Maar verder geeft het weinig prijs. Wie meer wil weten, kan het bedrijf steunen door 100 dollar te doneren. In ruil daarvoor krijg je de laatste informatie over het object en 2000 dollar korting op de Kitty Hawk Flyer wanneer deze later dit jaar op de markt komt.
Vliegende auto De aankondiging van de Kitty Hawk Flyer komt amper een week na de aankondiging van de AeroMobil: een vliegende auto die eveneens nog dit jaar besteld kan worden. Wie ergens in een oude sok nog een geldbedrag met vijf nullen heeft slingeren, een rijbewijs en vliegbrevet bezit, kan de AeroMobil naar verwachting later dit jaar pre-orderen.
En Kitty Hawk en AeroMobil zijn lang niet de enige bedrijven die hun pijlen gericht hebben op het bouwen van vliegende consumentenvoertuigen. Veel andere bedrijven – waaronder Airbus – hebben het tot hun missie gemaakt om jouw door file geteisterde ritje naar het werk radicaal te veranderen. Of de vliegende voertuigen werkelijk op korte termijn voet aan de grond krijgen? Dat is zeer twijfelachtig. Veel mensen krijgen al de kriebels van drones en zullen zeker niet zitten te wachten op (veel lawaaiigere) auto’s in de lucht. En wie gaat het verkeer boven onze hoofden reguleren? En hoe houden we het veilig, ook wanneer zo’n vliegende auto pech krijgt? Genoeg om over na te denken alvorens je in jouw vliegende auto of boot stapt.
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New 'Kitty Hawk' flying car footage revealed
New 'Kitty Hawk' flying car footage revealed
The Kitty Hawk Flyer operates over water. Image Credit: YouTube / Kitty Hawk
The company behind the futuristic aerial vehicle was financially backed by Google founder Larry Page.
The video, which is the first to feature a working prototype of the Kitty Hawk Flyer, shows an enthusiastic aviator flying the vehicle over a lake to meet up with a group of friends in a boat.
Described as an "all-electric aircraft", the vehicle is only able to operate over water but doen't require a pilot's license to operate because it falls under the "ultralight" FAA category.
According to the company, a consumer version of the Kitty Hawk Flyer will be available to purchase before the end of the year however it remains unclear exactly how much it will cost.
Those particularly keen to get their hands on one though can sign up for a $100 membership that will net them priority placement on the waiting list and a $2,000 discount.
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24-04-2017
Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun
Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun
UFOs could soon be spotted floating on the ocean as cool sustainable homes. Italian boating company Jet Capsule designed what may be the most stylish way to live off the grid: an Unidentified Floating Object powered by renewable energy that provides a chance for people to travel and live on the sea.
‘UFOs’ surround the jet capsule, the machine’s predecessor
Founders Pierpaolo Lazzarini and Luca Solla said they designed the UFO home for those who desire to “live in a floating house and move slowly around the world.” With 322 square feet of space, the flying saucer-shaped home includes a main floor kitchen and living area, and lower level bathroom and bedroom. Large windows will offer stellar panoramic views – underwater.
Solar, wind, and water power propel the capsule so it functions entirely off the grid. A hydrojet on the bottom of the UFO draws power from rooftop solar panels to transport the home, while wind and water turbines provide additional power. A water generator provides drinking water via collected rain and even sea water. There’s also a vegetable garden on the rings surrounding the UFO, as well as a deck.
Maximum speed for the UFO is only four miles per hour, so the houseboat won’t win any races. At the same time, there’s little to fear from stormy weather or choppy waves; Jet Capsule designed the home with an elastic anchor system to ensure it remains stable in rough weather.
Not only is the home super sustainable, but it will likely be fairly affordable as well. The company is currently looking for investors so they can build their first prototype, and after that they hope to bring the UFOs to market with a price tag of only $200,000 – far less than your average houseboat.
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22-04-2017
Meet the Most Advanced Drone for VR Video Yet
Meet the Most Advanced Drone for VR Video Yet
The Flying Eye, an expensive $75,000 drone, is the first of its kind to shoot 360-degree video in 6K and live stream broadcast-quality video from a range of 5 miles.
One of the more interesting flying machines, as well as one of a kind, is the US Marine Corps Bell Boeing V22 Osprey. The V22 Osprey project started in 1982 as a joint venture between Bell and Boeing as part of the Advanced Vertical Lift Program. The original purpose of the V22 Osprey was to carry out special missions as a kind of assault transport plane/helicopter. During its development, there were a number of fatal accidents and an 18-month grounding in order to deal with safety issues.
The V22 Osprey has a transport aircraft style fuselage, carries up to 24 troops, has two swiveling helicopter-style rotor pods containing turbo shaft engines, and its wings are controlled by a flap and aileron system.
V22 Ospreys take off and land vertically just as a helicopter, but once aloft can fly like an airplane. The US Department of Defense has issued more than 450 contracts for the V22 Osprey for the Marine Corps, 50 for US Special Operations Command, and 48 for the Navy.
More History Behind the Osprey
According to Wikipedia, a tiltrotor aircraft was needed because of . . .
“The failure of Operation Eagle Claw during the Iran hostage crisis in 1980 underscored the requirement for a new long-range, high-speed, vertical-takeoff aircraft for the United States Department of Defense. In response, the Joint-service Vertical take-off/landing Experimental (JVX) aircraft program started in 1981. A partnership between Bell Helicopter and Boeing Helicopters was awarded a development contract in 1983 for the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft. The Bell Boeing team jointly produce the aircraft.[5] The V-22 first flew in 1989, and began flight testing and design alterations; the complexity and difficulties of being the first tiltrotor for military service led to many years of development.
The United States Marine Corps began crew training for the Osprey in 2000, and fielded it in 2007; it supplemented and then replaced their Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knights. The Osprey’s other operator, the U.S. Air Force, fielded their version of the tiltrotor in 2009. Since entering service with the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force, the Osprey has been deployed in transportation and medevac operations over Iraq.”
The following video shows the V22 Osprey starting up and taking off.
The New Osprey
In 2015, a project between Sikorsky and Boeing to create a new version of the vertical lift aircraft was announced. See “Sikorsky-Boeing Future Vertical Lift: The Way Forward” below.
David Russell Schilling
David enjoys research and writing about cutting edge technologies that hold the promise of improving conditions for all life on planet earth.
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17-04-2017
Hoverboard Daredevil Speeds Over Atlantic Ocean
Hoverboard Daredevil Speeds Over Atlantic Ocean
By Kacey Deamer, Staff Writer
The hoverboard flight was just under 7 minutes long and flew about 164 feet (50 meters) above the Atlantic Ocean.
Credit: Breitling
In a stunt straight out of a science-fiction film, a real-life, jet-powered hoverboard cruised over the Atlantic Ocean.
Franky Zapata, a hoverboard, took to the skies in a promotional video for the watch company Breitling. The Swiss watchmaker announced its partnership with the Flyboard Air project in December with an incredible video that shows Zapata flying on his hoverboard, reported The Telegraph. Zapata flew about 164 feet (50 meters) over the Atlantic Ocean for almost 7 minutes, The Telegraph said.
Breitling used the video to announce that it will be the main sponsor of Flyboard Air, with the partnership marking "a new chapter in conquering the skies." [Up She Goes! 8 of the Wackiest Early Flying Machines]
"By supporting the FlyboardAir project, Breitling's intention is once again to foster the spirit of daring and invention that has always characterized aviation since the time of the very first 'magnificent men in their flying machines' — that taste for adventure [and] that combination of daring and discipline, which consistently drive aeronautics to push the boundaries of feasibility," Breitling officials said in a statement.
Essentially a flying skateboard — like Marty McFly's famous ride in the 1989 classic movie "Back to the Future Part II" — several hoverboard prototypes have been developed in recent years. The Flyboard Air was invented by Zapata Racing and took four years of development, the company said. The Flyboard Air hoverboard is still a prototype and is not commercially available, the company said.
However, Zapata and his hoverboard have already set numerous world records. In April 2016, Zapata flew the Flyboard Air almost7,400 feet (over 2,200 meters) from a height of about 160 feet (50 m), setting a new world record for the longest hoverboard flight.
Unlike the company's original Flyboard, which connects to a watercraft turbine via a long hose, the Flyboard Air is hose-free. The system's "independent propulsion unit" allows the hoverboard to fly for up to 10 minutes, according to Zapata Racing, reaching a maximum speed of 93 mph (150 km/h) and an altitude of 10,000 feet (3,000 m).
"This has really been a life's work," Zapata said, according to The Telegraph. "Who has never dreamt of leaping out of the water and soaring through the air, free of all constraints? This is the dream that is at the origin of the products we create."
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