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Self-Driving Cars Are So 2015: Get There in a Self-Flying ‘Copter

Self-Driving Cars Are So 2015: Get There in a Self-Flying ‘Copter

By Rob Pegoraro

Rob Pegoraro

Rob Pegoraro tries to make sense of computers, consumer electronics, telecom services, the Internet, software and other things that beep or blink through reporting, reviewing and analysis–from 1999 to 2011 as the Washington Post’s tech columnist, now for a variety of online and print outlets.

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We never did get our Jetsons flying cars or jet packs. EHang’s trying to change that with this giant, passenger carrying drone.

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Indiana High School Students Make a Winning 849 MPG Car

Indiana High School Students Make a Winning 849 MPG Car

By Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook is editor of the Bohemian, an alternative weekly in Santa Rosa, California. He is a former senior editor at Maker Media.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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After 10 months of work and support from a volunteer team of parents and community members, a group of students from Mater Dei High School in Evansville, Ind. recently recently won the Shell Eco-marathon Americas competition for an ultra high MPG vehicle. At 849 MPG, I’d say that’s pretty high. They also won the grand prize winner in AutoZone’s Show It off, America social media contest. The single-person car has an aluminum frame and is powered by a 50-cc engine

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