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Never stand in line again: Nissan releases ProPILOT self-queuing, self-moving chairs 【Videos】
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Scott Wilson
Sep 29, 2016 - Tweet
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- (automated driving • automatic • automatic cars • chairs • nissan • technology • the future)
The future is (kind of) here – Something not quite right with Toyota’s patent for a flying car
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Scott Wilson
Sep 10, 2015
It’s 2015, so where are the flying cars? Sure, we have plenty of cool stuff like lifelike anime girl mousepads and plastic bag swimsuits, but where are the flying cars and floating cities that science fiction promised us would exist by now? I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of disappointed.
Thankfully one car company is picking up the slack: Toyota. They recently submitted a patent for their version of a flying car, complete with diagrams and detailed explanations. Is the future we were promised finally going to be a reality? Or is the only thing soaring in the sky our high hopes? Read on to find out!
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- (cars • flying car • futuristic • patent • the future • TOYOTA)
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