Do you remember back when you were a kid, sitting in the driver’s seat of your parent’s car and pretending that those dials were controls and the steering wheel was the joystick to your very own airplane? Well, maybe that was just me, but little did I know at the time, that a car functioning as a flying machine was actually a plausible concept, and believe it or not, it’s closer to realization than you may think.

According to a recent article, the great minds at NASA are at it again with a new computer system that is designed to let millions of people fly wherever they please in their own vehicles. How great would it be to bring your kid back to school in a flying car, or arrive at work on the rooftop of your building? “The Highway in the Sky” as it is known will function just like a video game. Drivers (well, pilots in this case) basically just watch a computer screen that is displaying the exterior environment. They then must keep their car within the parameters set by the computer and the computer will then automatically guide them to their destination. The $130 million dollar project will not only be a breakthrough in the automobile world but is also meant to help actual airline pilots fly during bad weather. NASA is also planning on using positioning tracking systems to watch over the flying vehicles and keep them from running into each other.

Believe it or not, “the highway in the sky” is not the first invention to help push cars towards flight. Paul Moller of Davis California has attempted to build a real flying car. The Skycar is built with four rotary engines that when lit up propel the car into the sky, and is designed to cruise at 300 mph. Although still in the prototype phase, the concept is indeed very promising.

So when should drivers look forward to this futuristic breakthrough in transportation? Most likely, cars will be staying on the ground for another 10 years or so but Woody Norris, inventor of the AirScooter, which is a fully functioning flying vehicle similar to a motorcycle, believes that we are certainly in for a pleasant surprise in the future.

“This stuff that we’re surrounded by, that we think is so cool is caveman. The good stuff is coming. The really good stuff is coming.”

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