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Flying car ready for takeoff?

This summer, graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will try to get an idea aloft that has intrigued people for decades: the flying car.

Terrafugia http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.terrafugia.com&siteId=3&oId=2100-11389-6040007&ontId=11386&lop=nl.ex , a start-up created by Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner http://news.com.com/Inventor+of+swarming+robots+wins+prize/2100-1008_3-986190.html?tag=nl Carl Dietrich and colleagues at MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is aiming to show off what it calls the Transition "personal air vehicle," a vehicle resembling an SUV with retractable wings, to the EAA AirVenture Conference in Oshkosh, Wis., at the end of July.

By Michael Kanellos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

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