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Seoul, Nov 11 (EFE) .- Several drones designed to carry people and goods plowed through Seoul Wednesday on a first exhibition flight, where they want to accelerate viability in terms of logistics and security to be able to operate in 2025.(Camera: ANDRES SANCHEZ BRAUN) SOUNDBITES: DIRECTOR OF THE DRONE DIVISION OF THE SOUTH KOREAN MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, JANG YOUNG-KI (IN KOREAN) AND TIMOTHY KIM, HANWHA'S UAM UNIT MANAGER (IN ENGLISH)TRANSLATIONS: DIRECTOR OF THE DRONE DIVISION OF THE SOUTH KOREAN MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, JANG YOUNG-KI (IN KOREAN):"Right now the Government is involved in designing the roadmap, we hope to commercialize these drones by 2025. For the period 2022-2024 the idea is to launch this project so that the drones begin to carry out test flights from the periphery to the center of cities. Right now the budget and equipment needs are being drawn up ""Although the private aviation sector in South Korea is not shining right now, when it comes to UAM we can say that the country is doing quite well. The government is going to support the sector and South Korea wants to lead alongside other countries"
Chinese tech company Ehang presented their FlyTaxi concept at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday which transforms a quadcopter into a giant drone taxi that shuttles single human passengers over dense urban environments. The system will be automated, so passengers will just input the destination and enjoy the ride, although it will be possible to drive it manually.
The Dubai police force teamed up with tech company HoverSurf to produce a new police drone-motorcycle hybrid designed for rapid deployment in emergency situations. Four propellers and can lift a driver up to 16 feet off the ground and travel nearly 4 miles for up to 25 minutes. The hoverbike has a max weight of 660 pounds and can rocket through the sky at 43 mph. The flying motorcycle can take pictures with eight cameras and transmit them directly to a police station.
This is Douglas Hughes, a political activist that landed a gyrocopter in front of the US Capitol building on April 15, 2015 in protest against corruption in politics. The gyrocopter was carrying 535 letters addressed to every member of Congress. Hughes was immediately arrested. He recounted his experience for Ruptly. Douglas' stunt was an attempt to draw attention to the lack of regulation on donation from companies and private donors to US political parties. The former postman said that he had no regrets.
Italdesign and Airbus unveiled the 'Pop.Up', the world's first fully electric, zero emission, drone-carried vehicle, at the Geneva International Motor Show on Tuesday. The 'flying car' was designed to help relieve traffic congestion in cities by simply flying out of traffic. The car's driver sits in a frame that is fitted within an autonomous car. When traffic builds up, the driver has the opportunity to escape through calling a drone on their iPhone to wherever they are sitting. The drone then lifts the capsule into the air, and carries it and the driver off to unpolluted freedom. Of course, flying cars present many problems with air traffic control and safety, so the technology is not quite ready for mass adoption, but the concept is exciting. How you you like to simply fly up and over traffic in Airbus' Pop.Up drone lifted car?
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