Flying cars belong more in a Jetson’s episode than in real life, right? Wrong, flying cars are here, but will they take off? The Indigenous People’s Technology and Education Center (I-TEC) , an organization in Ecuador started by missionary Steven Saint, has invented The Maverick , a lightweight flying vehicle equipped with a propeller at the back and a deployable parachute. The Maverick was developed specifically for missionary purposes and humanitarian applications such as transporting medics and teachers to remote areas. Read the rest of Can Flying Cars Save Lives in Disaster Zones? Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: flying car , flying cars , humanitarian aid , humanitarian innovation project , indigenous people’s technology and education center , jim tingler , louise bloom , refugee studies center , remote areas , steven saint , the maverick , transporting medics , transporting teachers , university of oxford
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Can Flying Cars Save Lives in Disaster Zones?
