I've written before of flying cars. Over at File 770, they have a nice little roundup of various current attempts to crack the problem. It's beginning to look like the mechanical problems are solvable. The issues of turbulence and traffic are lagging behind.

In other news, my Rotary club's annual fundraiser is tomorrow. You can go here to ( Read more... )

Like the label on the tin says.

1) A very stunning image of Daphnis, a tiny moon in Saturn's rings.

2) A very interesting article about why England left the European Union. From the article: " it doesn’t want to be just another member of a team."

3) Don't get you hopes up about this very pretty drawing of a flying car.

I wrote this as a follow-up to my original post where's my flying car? but the site decided they didn't want it. So, waste not, want not, you get it.

Flying Cars - The Two T’sI recently had a chance to take a short flight over downtown Chicago in a small aircraft, an event that got me thinking some more about flying cars ( Read more... )

Four items of note, linked only in my mind:

Item The First

I have a guest post on the website SFF World entitled Where's My Flying Car? Readers may note that they could just as easily substitute "rocket" for "flying car" in the linked post.

Item The Second

John Scalzi has an opinion on the Brexit vote in the UK. It very closely mirrors mine ( Read more... )

Without further ado:

A) Debunking the Top 10 Energy Myths. From Popular Mechanics, and an interesting read.

B) You want your flying car? Terrafugia has them. As always, the problem isn't building the car so much as needing a pilot's license to fly it.

C) From Cracked, but surprisingly on-point: The 10 Most Important Things They Didn't Teach ( Read more... )