Trends with Benefits: Elon Musk is boring a hole under LA, would you take a pilot-less flying taxi?

Pilot-less Flying Taxis: If you head to Dubai this summer, you could be one of the few people to actually try out a flying pilot-less taxi. The 184 has one passenger, eight propellers, four arms and NO pilot. Would you be willing to go for a ride?

Boring Company: Elon Musk posted on Twitter in December that he was tired of sitting in traffic and said he wanted to bore a hole under the freeways to alleviate it. It looks like he was serious, because he is now drilling test holes in the SpaceX parking lot!

Each week, we gather a round table of tech experts from the Digital Trends staff, along with the occasional celebrity guest, to discuss all things tech. Topics range from the big tech stories of the week to predicting the future, all while maintaining a somewhat civil decorum.

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[sojourner_truth]

I think Pilot-less taxis flying or not need to have fail safes and safety features. I think there needs to be a default mode it has that stabilizes it if anything goes wrong. Like a gliding feature, or parachute. Or an ejection option that would allow for the rider to parachute down to safety. As it is right now the design is unsafe if anything goes wrong.

There needs to be a way to take control of it.


About the Parachute Drone Delivery: I'm not against it. I think the drone routes should stay over streets though. I don't like the idea of them flying over the houses.

Tunnels have been done in places that need them already. Hampton Roads VA has the most road tunnels in the country, going under water. London had a major one done recently.

I'm actually very skeptical about tunnels everywhere, that could cause a lot of problems similar to fracking. And if you watch Jason A youtube channel you'll see that sink holes are becoming a problem.

Lab grown meat is ungodly. It will not benefit humanity any more than gmo's. It will be detrimental ultimately to ecology. Sustainable farming is possible.

I think the neon line is a good idea in general, smart phones or not. It's good to know where you should stop generally. The light should change from green to yellow to green.

[darinwilson]

Sure! So what if I die, that's how progress is made.🚁

Elon is a visionary, not a genius. There is a difference. Since PayPal and Tesla, his peers accept his theories without good scientific scepticism. I applaud his out of the box thinking, but fear he will soon fall without good thorough science to support his ideas.

Test tube protein seems cleaner and more sanitary than the current industry.

Keep up the good work with the show.