MAXIM looks at the coolest stuff being invented right now.
The Car of Tomorrow
Meet the Halo Intersceptor. The brainchild of technology concept designer Phil Pauley, whose previous work includes the mini underwater city Sub-Biosphere 2 , it’s a car that, with a few optional extras, can be transformed into a plane, boat or helicopter. In other words, it’s more than meets the eye – literally. “I just hate waiting in line at airports!” Pauley says when asked about his airborne floating car. In talks with various aviation companies, whose engineers have approved the snap-on, snap-off design of the attachments, Pauley is hoping to see the Halo on the streets (and in the skies and the seas) by 2020. He expects it to cost around $20 million –“about the same as one military fighter jet” – but if you own this, it basically makes you Batman, Iron Man and 007. Can you put a price on that?
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