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Look, I know we've all heard the "flying cars are coming" story about a million times.

But holy moly— here is some NEWS.

Let me paint you a picture: This thing, called the AirJet (yeah, not the most creative name), is basically what happens when Tony Stark decides to build a Tesla that can fly:

We're talking about a body almost entirely carbon fiber—like 90% of it.

This beast can hit 155 mph and only needs 30 minutes to charge.

And get this—it can fly for 124 miles on a single charge. This is equivalent to traveling from New York City to Philadelphia with minimal effort.

GAC isn't just some startup throwing fancy renders around. These folks are dead serious.

The craziest part?

The AirJet isn't even their first rodeo.

They've already got another flying car called the AirCar for zipping around cities. It's like they looked at Uber and thought, "Cute, but what if it flew?"

Now, I know what you're thinking—"Yeah”, yeah, another flying car promise." But this feels different. They've got the tech, they've got the plan, and they're already setting up production lines.

Plus, they're betting on solid-state batteries coming in clutch to double the range to 249 miles. 

You want safety features?

Autonomous flight capabilities? Check. Luxury cabin? You bet.

Look, I don't know if this is going to work exactly as planned. But for the first time in forever, I'm looking at a flying car announcement and thinking, "Holy crap, this might actually happen."

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1. 'Ant-like' robot swarms conquer obstacles and transport heavy loads

2. Generate electricity by attaching a device to your clothes

3. New shape-changing polymer developed

Tohoku University figured out how to print car parts that work—combining steel and aluminum without the whole thing turning into expensive junk.

Any engineer reading this knows that's basically impossible, except... they did it.

Here's the deal:

Everyone knows steel and aluminum together usually create a part as useful as a screen door on a submarine.

But these folks found out that if you crank the laser speed way up during printing (they're using L-PBF), the metals don't have time to form those garbage compounds that make everything brittle.

The Cool Part

They printed a full suspension tower. If you know cars, you know that's not some decorative BS—it's a part that actually needs to work, or your car becomes a very expensive paperweight. And work it did.

Why Engineers Should Care:

• The faster laser scanning creates non-equilibrium solidification (fancy way of saying the metals don't have time to mess each other up)

• You get steel's strength with aluminum's weight savings

• No more choosing between "light" and "strong"

• WAY less waste than traditional manufacturing

These researchers just proved you can print crucial car parts that combine materials we've been told for years don't play nice together.

They're already looking at other metal combinations. Because why stop at just breaking one rule of manufacturing when you can break them all?

For all the skeptical engineers reading this (so, all of you): Yes, this actually works. No, it's not just another overhyped research paper. Yes, you can probably use this in real applications soon.

Welcome to the future. It's got a print button.

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