r/SipsTea • • 19h ago

SMH Museum of Useless Inventions

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u/dzan796ero 15h ago

These aren't supposed to be practical. F1 isn't about building practical machines. But the advances that come from that research end up helping everyday cars. Same goes for a lot of pro sports. None of it is "practical." Yet the research done in elite teams ends up spreading to the wider public in a less extreme form.

Elon is an asshole but bashing this for not being immediately practical is just silly.

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u/ZonkedWizard 15h ago

Why do we live in a future where people see flying cars and whine about them?

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u/Millworkson2008 13h ago

Yea this is quite literally the closest we have gotten to flying cars and suddenly it’s a problem. Had this been ANY other auto manufacturer people would be hyping this up like crazy

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u/Nyotree-001 9h ago

This is not the closest we have to flying cars there’s several viable models out there that use fans and other thrust options