14 DAY TRIAL // Larry Page, the CEO of Alphabet Inc, Google's parent company, has been known to invest in all types of crazy ideas, but this one may be the coolest yet - a flying car.
Footage of this mysterious new vehicle has finally landed online, showing a rather strange-looking machine named Kitty Hawk.
Created by Sebastian Thrun, a man who helped create Google's self-driving-car project, the prototype for the Kitty Hawk Flyer looks like a very small helicopter without all the things meant to protect the driver. On Monday, Thrun tweeted a link to the Kitty Hawk website where you can see a video of the device in action.
In short, this is an electric aircraft that looks much like a flying Jet Sky due to the floaters it has underneath. The final version will obviously look much different since this prototype doesn't look like something that will keep you safe much.
The vehicle weighs about 100 kilograms and can fly up to 25 mph, which isn't much, but it's great for something that the world has never seen before.
How it works
The Kitty Hawk rises from the ground vertically and lands in the same manner, just like a helicopter. You sit on it like you would on a Jet Sky and control it with buttons and a joystick, again - like a helicopter.
The machine is apparently safe, tested, and legal to operate within the United States as long as it is flown in uncongested areas. You don't even need a pilot's license to fly it since you can learn how to operate it in just a few hours.
There's no word yet on how much this will cost, but early adopters will get a $2,000 discount if they're willing to pay up $100 now.
This is a really interesting device and it will certainly pique some people's interest. It depends, of course, on how the final product looks as well and the safety it provides.
