Tech Update: Dubai Unleashes the Hover Bikes!
It wasn't too long ago, just a few decades have passed since the 80s when Japan was a topic of conversation of great interest as it was predicted that Tokyo would become some sort of sprawling, neon-drenched, ultra-violent cyberpunk hellscape where powerful private police forces enforced totalitarian law for their corporate overlords. If you've ever seen the movie Johnny Mnemonic, you'll have a faint idea of what I'm describing here...
Fortunately modern day Tokyo remains a very clean, efficient, highly advanced, modern metropolis. Now, just replace those 1980's Tokyo predictions with the city of Dubai. It seems they are pushing full force ahead with the dystopia action described above. What I'm referring to is the fact that their police force recently announced that it’ll be deploying honest to goodness hoverbikes in the near future.
The Dubai police force unveiled a new hoverbike at this year’s Gulf Information Technology Exposition (GITEX). Based on Hoversurf’s Scorpion-3 hoverbike, the battery-powered DPF model has a maximum altitude of five meters (about 16 feet), a top speed of 70 kilometers per hour (roughly 43 miles per hour), and can run for 25 minutes on a full charge.
What an amazing new police cruiser! Who would have known a few years ago that hover technology would be coming into use in 2018!
This meager performance isn’t going to set any streets afire, nor will it help the DPF catch any of Dubai’s notorious street racers, but that’s not what it was designed to do.
The current specifications may not be incredibly impressive but I see a whole new wave of dystopian future movies taking what exists in reality and expanding it to the farthest reaches of the mind into a collection of new, amazing, sci-fi fantasy movies!
The Dubai police have said that the hoverbike will be used as a first-responder vehicle designed to get into hard-to-reach places. The types of places where larger vehicles are unable to access. Another interesting feature is the fact that the DPF hoverbike has the ability to operate as an unmanned drone with a range of about six kilometers. That is impressive!
In my mind, hoverbikes are just a sort of gimmick in their current state but they also represent a clear move towards merging reality with the stuff that sci-fi movies are made from!
It won't be long until hover vehicles and flying cars blot out the sun and ariel superhighways replace their older ground based ancestors!
What do you guys think of this new hoverbike?
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This would really be great start to revolutionize the transport industry.
hahaha omg I soo want one, I went to live like they did on the Jetsons!
I loved the Jetsons! If we must live in the future, it's the type of world I'd like to live in as well.
43 mph is actually a very respectable speed. As a matter of fact, with nothing but 16 feet of air between you and the ground, it seems exhilaratingly fast.
Yes, definitely true. Its not slow by any means!
Wow that's the modern chopper! Actually a real people-chopper/grinder!!😜 I hope they'll put back the safety grids!
Haha funny! Good joke on that one!
they are placing themselves as the city of the future and it seem to be working, from tech savvy cars to robotics to hoverbikes , dubai is truly the city of the future
I agree. Dubai is doing good work trying to find a niche that doesn't include oil.
a very good post.
the video and the photos are amazing
Well I didn't take the photo or record the video but I thought it was pretty cool to see this thing hover!
it looks fantastic. Today we see how the world is changing and technologies are developing.
Dubai is always trying to be superior to others due to its wealth. But despite the fact that the wealth of Dubai is in oil, they are actively doing the diversification and are confidently looking into the future.
Soon our dreamlike dreams will become real, a flying motorcycle and a car is no longer the limit :)
thanks, I liked it
Agreed. Flying cars, motorcycles and buses are on their way!
This is a crazy ride would love to know the cost of that one .. It was bound to come out sooner or later, hope it makes it to the states.. 8 }
good
Its very interesting :) Keep providing similar infos :)