Cars That Fly, Fold Up And Drive Us Forward
By Kara Miller
The Transition, from Terra Fugia, takes off. (Courtesy Terra Fugia)
How can we adapt cars to a world that's rapidly industrializing, urbanizing, and straining to meet its energy needs?
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A video shows the prototype for the CityCar.
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We're joined by experts who's answers range from a car that folds up, so it's easier to park — to a flying car that blurs the line between land and air travel.
Guests:
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Ryan Chin, research associate, Ph. D. candidate, MIT Media Lab; developer, CityCar
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Thilo Koslowski, vice president, Industry Advisory Service Manufacturing group, Garnter
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Cliff Allen, vice president, Sales, Terrafugia
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Each week, Kara Miller talks to Boston's most innovative thinkers, examining new ideas and potential solutions to today’s many challenges. Topics range from education to health care to green energy. Join us on Saturdays at 7 a.m. and Sundays at 10 p.m.
About the Host
Kara Miller
As a radio host, Kara Miller has interviewed thinkers from E.J. Dionne to Howard Gardner, Deepak Chopra to Lani Guinier. She is a panelist on WGBH-TV's "Beat the Press," as well as an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, The National Journal, The Boston Herald, Boston Magazine, and The International Herald Tribune.
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