NewsTalk 1280 WGBF » transportation http://newstalk1280.com Wed, 22 May 2013 01:00:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Flying Car Now One Step Closer to Reality [VIDEO] http://newstalk1280.com/flying-car-now-one-step-closer-to-reality-video/ http://newstalk1280.com/flying-car-now-one-step-closer-to-reality-video/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:26:56 +0000 brad.bruner http://newstalk1280.com/?p=3450 Like the robot maid, the flying car is part of our 'Jetsons'-promised future that has yet to materialize.

But that could change soon. Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted the Transition Roadable Aircraft a series of special exemptions, effectively making the plane-car hybrid street-legal.

]]> http://newstalk1280.com/flying-car-now-one-step-closer-to-reality-video/feed/ 0 YouTube Foldable, Electric-Powered Bicycles Just Might Be the Wave of the Future [VIDEO] http://newstalk1280.com/foldable-electric-powered-bicycles-just-might-be-the-wave-of-the-future-video/ http://newstalk1280.com/foldable-electric-powered-bicycles-just-might-be-the-wave-of-the-future-video/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:32:22 +0000 brad.bruner http://newstalk1280.com/?p=1285 If you've got $3,600 to spare and don't mind folks gawking at you from behind the wheel, it might be time to invest in a "YikeBike." Conceived as a faster and lighter alternative to the Segway, the YikeBike is a foldable electric bicycle that was ranked by Time Magazine as one of the best inventions of 2009.

It looks kind of like a unicycle with a training wheel, but its inventors say it could change the way we get around. What do you think — wacky invention or wave of the future? CNN's full video story on the YikeBike is after the jump.

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