Technology effecting our lives thread

[Beanz]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ern-China.html

An object was filmed lighting up the sky like a massive torch last night in China
Residents were baffled as they wondered if aliens were visiting the country
An expert claimed the footage could be showing the trail of a rocket motor
A mysterious light was spotted in China last night, leaving residents baffled.

Witnesses shared pictures and videos of an identified object appearing to light up the night sky like a massive torch, seen above the regions of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia at about 6:45pm local time.

A UFO expert claimed that the footage looked like the trail of a rocket motor.

Sorry this important news was rudely interrupted

It was already poo pooed by Nige in the article. All that and they he goes and gets bladdered around @Batman 's

[walrus]

Ok fine I have plenty of tech news

It might not the most elegant-looking thing on the road or in the sky, but an automobile-airplane hybrid that’s being called the world's first practical flying car is almost ready to spread its wings.

The two-passenger Transition will go on sale in the U.S. next year at an estimated price of $400,000, according to Terrafugia, the Woburn, Massachusetts-based firm that makes it.

The Transition has four wheels, folding wings and a rear-mounted “pusher” propeller. Powered by a four-cylinder hybrid-electric engine, it can fly 100 miles an hour at altitudes of up to 9,000 feet, with a flying range of 400 miles. There are controls for both flying and driving: for the roads, conventional brake and accelerator pedals and a steering wheel; for flying, the usual yoke and rudder pedals.

The vehicle converts from driving to flying mode in less than a minute, according to Terrafugia. But don’t expect it to get you out of a traffic jam. Though it’s the first vehicle certified to drive on U.S. roads and fly in U.S. skies, it can take off and land only at airfields — and you’ll need a pilot's license.
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science...ver-ncna919211

Miles says he has a lot of cash he can pick one up