The Hoverbikes are Coming
Autonomous passenger drones might be coming to Dubai this summer. Emerging from the Skolkovo “startups and science park” just outside of Moscow, human-carrying drone maker Hoversurf has created a single-seat hoverbike which looks awesome, but does rather make you fear for your legs, let alone the legs of other people you might encounter. The Scorpion-3 is the updated version of the prototype Scorpion-1 but is fundamentally the same thing. The pilot sits on it like a motorcycle, and flies around just like you might expect a hoverbike to do. However, it’s still got some way to go before it matches the hoverbikes you might have seen in movies like Star Trek. Hoversurf is positioning the bike as an “extreme sports instrument,” and to buy one might set you back at least six figures. However, they are looking at its “transportation potential.” Hoversurf has developed its own in-house software to control the Scorpion-3 in eit...