Quote from: Tonitrus on Today at 12:56:57 AMQuote from: Barrister on April 18, 2024, 11:47:12 PM(but seriously if you're curious - look up Thompson Manitoba - then look up Island Lake, Manitoba where I did my field work - way the fuck in the middle of nowhere)
It has a Tim Hortons, how remote can it be?
QuoteBoeing aims to bring flying cars to Asia by 2030
April 19, 2024 02:51 JST
U.S. aircraft maker opens office in Japan's Nagoya to boost local R&D
TOKYO -- U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing plans to enter the flying car business in Asia by 2030, looking to tap demand for the fast, short-distance travel the vehicles could provide in the region's traffic-choked cities.
Boeing Chief Technology Officer Todd Citron revealed the plans to Nikkei.
The company is developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) craft at subsidiary Wisk Aero. The aircraft will adopt autonomous technology, rare among eVTOL craft.
The plan is to first obtain certification in the U.S. before expanding into Asia. Details of the Asia business will be finalized in the future, including whether Boeing will sell the aircraft to companies aiming to provide eVTOL transportation services or operate the services itself.
Boeing is currently selecting its first Asian market, including Japan.
In Japan, domestic startup SkyDrive and Germany's Volocopter are scheduled to operate air taxi services at the 2025 Osaka World Expo.
Boeing opened a research and development base in Nagoya on Thursday. It first established R&D operations in Japan in 2022 but had been renting space from other companies until now.
The new Nagoya base is the company's seventh R&D facility outside the U.S., following locations in Australia, South Korea and India.
Citron signaled potential collaboration with automakers with experience in fuel cells or electric vehicles. The auto sector is a major industry in the Chubu region around Nagoya.
Boeing Japan President Will Shaffer pointed to the advantages of basing operations in Nagoya, including the presence of suppliers in Aichi prefecture and neighboring Gifu prefecture. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Subaru, which manufacture key parts for Boeing, all have factories nearby.
"The other real opportunity here in this region is the access to talent and we've partnered very closely with Nagoya University as well as other places to find and access very good talent," Shaffer added.
Boeing currently employs 27 R&D staff from 12 countries in Japan and plans to increase that number to around 50 in the future.
The company will use the Nagoya base to develop digital tools for aircraft design and manufacturing, sustainable aviation fuel and hydrogen fuel cells. It will also research composite materials used in aircraft bodies -- including recycle technology and methods to boost production capacity -- and factory robots.
Quote from: Jacob on April 18, 2024, 03:51:33 PMI think your thesis is correct, that video has a larger impact this day and age. It'll be interesting to see how the upcoming deluge of fake video will impact this.
Quote from: Barrister on April 18, 2024, 11:47:12 PM(but seriously if you're curious - look up Thompson Manitoba - then look up Island Lake, Manitoba where I did my field work - way the fuck in the middle of nowhere)
Quote from: Barrister on April 18, 2024, 11:47:12 PMSo here's a totally random anecdote.
Summer of 1997. I had been accepted to law school that fall. I had a environmental science / geology degree I had just graduated with. So for a summer job I had a job with Manitoba Energy and Mines as a research assistant. We spent part of our time out in the field (which in northern Manitoba is in the absolute middle of fucking nowhere) but the rest of our time was in Thompson, Manitoba, which was a town of maybe 10k, also in the middle of nowhere.
But even living in Thompson, I lived in an RV which was out by the float-plane base out on the Thompson River. Just so you know I was hardly living in luxury.
So anyways - when we ere back in town I'd listen to the local radio - in Thompson I think there was only one. They were doing a call-in request show. I think this might be the only time in my life I was bored enough to call in to a request show. I requested the latest Depeche Mode song - "It's No Good". In part because I wanted to hear it, but in part just because I thought they wouldn't - this is northern Manitoba in the 1990s.
Anyways the radio host (who was probably no older than I was) was very excited for my request. She dug through whatever cassettes they had. On the air she was like "I found it! I found it!" And played my request for Depeche Mode to the people of Thompson Manitoba in 1997.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QPvffO1gs
I'm not even saying it's a great song or anything (although I love DM). But it's something I'll always remember.
(but seriously if you're curious - look up Thompson Manitoba - then look up Island Lake, Manitoba where I did my field work - way the fuck in the middle of nowhere)
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