Ever since he was a kid in Sweden, Peter Ternström wanted to make a sci-fi-style flying machine. In 1983 he saw Return of the Jedi five times and dreamed of zooming through the forest of Endor on a ...

A lot of personal flying machines are in the works right now, but this one from Washington-based startup Zeva Aero surely features one of the most extraordinary designs yet. The Zeva Zero aircraft ...

CES has all kinds of whacky things, like this little flying transport Helix helicopter, with eight rotors, an 8-kWh battery, and a range of 20 miles. "It is elegant, it is simple," said CEO Ken ...

While film classics like "Blade Runner" and "Back to the Future" gave audiences a glimpse into a fictional reality where flying cars exist, the idea didn't come from Hollywood. In fact, the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electric air taxis and flying cars that can take off and land vertically are cool, but they’re no match for a personal UFO—or at ...

The promise of personal flying machines has been around for decades. From flying cars to jetpacks, the future always seemed to promise a traffic-jam-free ride to work that left the roads far below.

Maybe it’s time to say goodbye to the jet pack. For a long while now, when someone mentioned “personal flying machines,” the image that came to mind was of people wearing devices powered by small, but ...

One of the most common tropes of science fiction is the flying car, and yet so far, it's remained exactly that — fiction. Despite the predictions of many authors, we aren't all whizzing around the ...

Owning a personal flying vehicle once belonged to the realm of sci-fi, the kind of fantasy you’d see in The Jetsons or a futuristic blockbuster but that future has officially taken off. Imagine ...

Startup Jetson says it’s not trying to revolutionize transportation or solve the climate crisis. It just wants you to have fun with its electric personal flying vehicle, which looks like something a ...

The big picture: Many startups are working on personal flying aircraft that you could park at your home and take off whenever needed, much like a car. But some are closer than others when it comes to ...