The author cites data and facts to support a position that flying cars would transform society for the better.
The author of the article "The Dream of a Flying Car Getting Closer to Reality" uses a variety of rhetorical devices to advance his purpose of persuading the reader that flying cars are a viable and desirable technology.
The author cites data and facts from a variety of sources to support his claims about the potential benefits of flying cars. He also notes that a study by NASA found that flying cars could be safer than traditional cars, thanks to advances in autopilot technology.
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"The Dream of a Flying Car Getting Closer to Reality"
by Sam McDonald
Anyone who's ever been stuck in a massive traffic snarl at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel understands the fantasy: what if your car could sprout wings and soar above the bottleneck like something straight out of the 1960s "Jetsons" cartoon?
Sanjiv Singh, research professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, has been working on making that dream a reality for at least a decade. He came to NASA's Langley Research Center on April 10th to give a talk as part of the center's Autonomy Incubator Colloquium Series. His presentation, titled "Why Drive (Autonomously) When You Can Fly (Autonomously)?" introduced his work toward making the personal air vehicle possible.
Most useful, Singh suggested, would be a hybrid vehicle that would allow commuters the ability to fly and land, then convert over to automobile functionality.
"If you could both drive and fly and you could choose what to do, you could live far away and fly into the edge of the city and drive in the last part," Singh said. "That would allow for a very different kind of world than what we have today with lots of urban congestion."
"The idea is driving versus flying-you're going to be able to choose on the go.
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