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Manufacturing Minute Recap: Vertical-Takeoff Personal Plane; Controlling A Car With Your Mind

This week in manufacturing, we looked at a sixteen-propeller personal aircraft and a car you can drive using only your mind. Check out this week's Manufacturing Minute Recap.

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This week in manufacturing, we looked at a sixteen-propeller personal aircraft and a car you can drive using only your mind. Check out this week's Manufacturing Minute Recap. 

A Sixteen-Propeller Commuter Aircraft

In this episode, Joby Aviation's two-seat airplane that take off and land vertically and promises to be five times faster than conventional cars — and using five times less energy. See the concept and design here:

Driving A Car With Your Mind

In this episode, Chinese researchers have developed he country's first car they say is directed by nothing but brain power. Watch the way it works here:

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

What industries could benefit most from these developing technologies? Will these forms of transportation take off, or are they just a little too unrealistic for mass use? 

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