Meanwhile in Sweden...
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Too hot? In Sweden? It's 95f almost every day! But I guess you could call me on the cold there.
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Swedish Engineer Test Flies Human-carrying Drone
http://www.gizmag.com/home-made-manned- ... ght/44539/
http://www.gizmag.com/home-made-manned- ... ght/44539/
A Swedish engineer, in his garage, has built a flying vehicle using drones and gasoline engines.
You have to see the thing to understand how insanely simple, crazy, and cool this is. For example, the whole thing is essentially nothing more than a seat surrounded by eight drones, their spinning propellers rotating only about two feet from the passenger.
But it appears to work, though the design is without doubt not quite finalized. In a video of one of his test flights was fortunately an unmanned flight, because about three minutes in the vehicle goes out of control and crashes.
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Sort of reminds me of a flying carpet.
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I am content to watch and not try this myself.
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarkea_contemplative_life wrote:Sort of reminds me of a flying carpet.
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”
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Below you see what happens when you try to steal from the wrong gal...
http://www.thelocal.se/20160728/did-thi ... f-the-year
http://www.thelocal.se/20160728/did-thi ... f-the-year
But from the beginning Eli was just Eli. Nothing. Anything. And he is still a mystery to me. John Ajvide Lindqvist
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+1
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”
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I was going to say something, but that's one manly looking chick.metoo wrote:Below you see what happens when you try to steal from the wrong gal...
http://www.thelocal.se/20160728/did-thi ... f-the-year
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Careful. Last time some random dude called her "manly", she tore his bollocks off, and made a tiny omelet with 'em.
Att fly är livet, att dröja döden.
Do not ask why; ask why not.
Do not ask why; ask why not.
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Swedish Midsummer Dance
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. (Roberto Bolaño)