Sunday, October 16, 2011

Could Aladdin's 'Flying' Carpet Become A Reality?

By Meera Dolasia on 10/05/2011 
Dogo News
http://www.dogonews.com/2011/10/5/could-aladdins-flying-carpet-become-a-reality


A student from Princeton invented a model of the same carpet that Aladdin flew that could someday be a real-life flying carpet. His floating model is a small 4-inch sheet of transparent plastic fixed with strinds that can conduct electricity. As the energy flows through the 'carpet', it forms tiny air pockets underneath, which lift it up horizontally and also help propel it forward. But, in order to 'fly' the air pockets under the transparent plastic have to be trapped between the sheet and the ground, which means that the sheet has to be quite close to the ground. Also, it can only go one centimeter per second, and going forward is limited. Maybe soon we will all be flying around like Aladdin and Jasmine.

This is so incredibly amazing. I would have never been able to think of that being possible, and especially making the carpet fly. It’s great that they are working on it and not giving up. I am sure that in the near future we will all be flying. This shoes that anything is possible, even things that happen in fairy tales, people just need to work hard to get it and believe it is possible. 













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3 comments:

  1. J MedenicaOctober 23, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    I can see us using hoverboards in the future or floating cars. Why not? Anything is possible nowadays. Good job on the summary, but try to use more your own words when writing. Good reflection too. Also, make sure you include the ink to the article.

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  2. StefiOctober 29, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    If this will come out in Serbia, I am going to buy one for sure. Amazing. The blog was good, just the link was missing.

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  3. Despina KOctober 29, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    Flying carpets, robots for servants, what else does a human being needs to be sitting and relaxing all day without doing nothing and everything to go really calm. Not going to the car, no keys, no fuel and for sure not air-conditioning at the hot summer days. Who doesn't want to be friends with the birds and reaching the sky beside the airplane?

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