// 411 MMA Fact or Fiction: Will Card-Shuffling Hurt UFC 146's Success? - 411mania.com

// 411 MMA Fact or Fiction: Will Card-Shuffling Hurt UFC 146's Success?
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411's Samer Kadi and Mark Radulich debate these topics and more in this week's 411 Fact or Fiction: MMA! Welcome back to another edition of 411 MMA's Fact or Fiction, and I want to thank all of the readers who voted in last week's showdown between ...

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Grab your L-plates, flying cars of sci-fi dreams have landed - Register

Grab your L-plates, flying cars of sci-fi dreams have landed
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By Anna Leach • Get more from this author Far from being a mere staple of science fiction, plenty of flying cars really do exist, we're told. But there's one problem: hardly anyone knows how to fly them. That's according to Professor Michael Decker of ...

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Flying cars seem within reach (again) - Kansas City Star


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Flying cars seem within reach (again)
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Flying cars are a staple in “Blade Runner,” “Total Recall” and every second science fiction film ever made. The DeLorean in the “Back to the Future” movies came with a time travel option, but that and undercoating are generally not recommended.

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Now, you can control your dreams - Times of India

Now, you can control your dreams
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The goal of the product is to allow people to have the dreams of their choice, from driving a race car to flying to having lunch with Abraham Lincoln. The futuristic invention is the brainchild of Duncan Frazier and Steve McGuigan, both aged 30, ...

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Before flying car can take off, there's a checklist - NDTV


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Before flying car can take off, there's a checklist
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For instance, government officials and the designers have had to determine which regulations - aircraft or automotive - take precedence when the vehicle in question is both. In the United States, development of the flying car was given some breathing ...
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Marc and Shanon Parker on 'Dream Machines' - Crave Online

Marc and Shanon Parker on 'Dream Machines'
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Earlier this year, we got to meet the Parker brothers to talk about flying cars and real car tech. CraveOnline: Is there any kind of science fiction technology that's actually becoming real for vehicles? Marc Parker: I like to push the envelope of the ...

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Terrifying Driverless Cars Have Preceded Flying Cars, and I Am Not Happy About It - The Mary Sue


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Terrifying Driverless Cars Have Preceded Flying Cars, and I Am Not Happy About It
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The car, a Toyota Prius, is being tested in Nevada, where it — meaning, the car — has just been issued an official drivers license. The driverless car has a drivers license. A car got a drivers license before we even got to drive a flying car.

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Inhabitat's Week in Green: self-driving cars, solar parasols and the ultimate ... - Engadget

Inhabitat's Week in Green: self-driving cars, solar parasols and the ultimate ...
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What seems more futuristic: flying cars or self-driving cars? They both sound a bit like science fiction, but they're both getting closer to becoming a reality. In the latest chapter of Google's efforts to develop a car that uses video cameras, ...

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The Flying Car Culture - Canada Free Press

The Flying Car Culture
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Every now and then a hobbyist inspired by splashy magazine covers featuring art deco cities and soaring vehicles full of the cheerful people of the future puts together a flying car. The result is noted chiefly for its novelty and then everyone moves ...

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Retro Science Fiction Movies that Everybody Should See - io9

Retro Science Fiction Movies that Everybody Should See
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The greatest science fiction movies don't just have cool ideas or an unforgettable story — they also have a distinctive visual style. And a lot of our favorite films reach back into the past, for retro visions of the future that look even cooler than ...

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