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dacity Launches an Online Course For Flying Car Engineers
Credit: Aerospace Technology
In the past year, flying cars have gone from LOL, to maybe a real thing, to a booming industry raking in VC cash and churning out sweet renderings of an aerial future.
Big companies and a horde of startups all believe the proliferation of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, which combine the best features of helicopters and planes, can make traveling throughout and between cities not just faster, but maybe cheaper and greener.
AI expert Sebastian Thrun thinks the idea will only climb higher, especially once these aircraft can fly themselves, and he wants to help make it happen. Next year, his online education company, Udacity, will inaugurate the Flying Car Nanodegree Program. The course — whose cost and duration remain TBD — promises to prepare anybody who meets some key requirements for a job in this most Jetsons-y of industries.
From Wired
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