{"id":1119,"date":"2016-01-07T05:38:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T21:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/07\/why-fly-a-drone-when-you-can-fly-inside-one\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T05:38:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T21:38:50","slug":"why-fly-a-drone-when-you-can-fly-inside-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/07\/why-fly-a-drone-when-you-can-fly-inside-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Why fly a drone when you can fly inside one?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LAS VEGAS \u2014 Ehang has a crazy, and maybe brilliant, idea. We just have one question first: Are you ready to fly inside a drone?<\/p>\n

The Chinese drone maker unveiled a high-flying 500 lbdrone<\/a>, which in theory would also be able to serve as an autonomous transportation vehicle for real humans \u2014 at CES on Wednesday. The Ehang 184<\/a> is a giant but elegantly designed drone; according to the company, it can transport one person at approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) per hour on a roughly 23-minute trip. It can hold about 100 kg (220 lbs).<\/p>\n

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See also: 9 technologies to watch in 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

An app plans your trip; simply select your destination and get in, and the drone takes off. A fail safe system will protect the consumer, and if any of the systems fail, the drone will either go into hover mode or find a safe landing spot. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS \u2014 Ehang has a crazy, and maybe brilliant, idea. We just have one question first: Are you ready to fly inside a drone? The Chinese drone maker unveiled a high-flying 500 lbdrone, which in theory would also be … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[590,215,478,206,1,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2016-ces","category-ces","category-drones","category-gadgets","category-other","category-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}