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A quicker mode of travel coming soon? DT you said??

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Update: Jan 2020: see at the bottom: flying taxi has already arrived! Drone based travel , call it DT for short, is coming a bit too soon, it appears. Not really, because the technology might get ready to fly you, in a small cube, from floor to floor or from home to office, but the control systems may not be in place. Or, as it happened with many recent technologies, the tech would take the front seat and governments, law-makers and businesses would try to catch up. Even if DT is not available to you and me, at least ambulances may run on it, people could be picked from disaster scenes and police may be able to chase offenders better. There are many situations in which DT would possibly be able to save lives and help the society in other ways. And think of flying in the sky for adventure and entertainment! At the same time, the possibility of misuse of this tech is very scary. I am looking at not investing in a cube or pod even if it is offered to me tomorrow, as it would b