Technology is taking flight by 2018 no doubt. Dubai has also confirmed participation in the exhibition of new technological displays as a China company called EHang Inc developed the E-184 drone which is said to be ready next year with a one passenger seat and there could be addition as long as authorities in Dubai approves.
According to the company’s CEO Hu Huazhi, Passengers in the drone select a pre-programmed path for the flight, and the fully-automated navigation built into the craft is all it needs.
According to Ethang, the drone can fly at up to 62 miles (100 kilometres) an hour, with the ability to stay in air for 25 minutes. “It’s currently being tested at EHang’s headquarters: a disused theme-park on the outskirts of Guangzhou, southern China, a city that’s at the vanguard of the country’s push to move away from cheap, low-end manufacturing and toward cutting-edge technology.”
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Ethang has also revealed that the company’s ambition is to develop drone-taxis in more countries most especially in Europe cities such as Arab, Singapore and so on.
Ethang is not the only one planning a drone transportation in Dubai, it has been reported that a Russian company is also building something similar or the Dubai police force with a five passanger seat. They called it the Hoversurf.
”The company also said that the device will help with traffic jams and it will be a ‘solution’ for people’s daily commutes.
‘Do you know the problem with all projects of flying cars?,’ it said ‘They are all made for the future, and are impossible to park at the store or put in a garage. FORMULA – is created for the present day.’
Hoversurf announced that the drone taxis, which they call the ‘transport of the future’, will be available as early as next year, and they said the taxis are safer than ground transportation. The new product is called an ATAAS (Air Transport As A Service), and it features a computer, a security system and a drone signal. It monitors all ground and flying vehicles.
ATAASs can take off from and land in a parking space, and they also feature a digital map of the city and GPS. They can be fueled at an electric charging station or a regular gas station with a hybrid power plant FPE.”
Uber recently announced that it will similarly launch flying taxis in Dubai by 2020. Did you think Uber was still a small business? NASA is helping them with the flying taxis.
It feels like we’re on the precipice of many new technologies becoming widespread. A question people must ask themselves is,what is this taking from us? and does this not mean, we all start to learn how to fly a taxi?
