Bike makes riders high-flyers, if only for five minutes
WATCH: Electric bike takes to the skies
Researchers in the Czech Republic have unveiled a 95kg (210lb) remotely-controlled bicycle that can hover a few metres above ground for five minutes.Flying cars are yet to take off - could bikes have a better chance?
Carrying a dummy rider, the electric prototype successfully took off, flew around and landed inside an exhibition hall in Prague.
The bike is powered by two battery-run propellers on the front, two on the back and one on each side.
The machine could help two-wheeled commuters avoid zigzagging through traffic jams - but it is not quite ready to hit the road - or the air above it - just yet.
The batteries only allow for a few minutes of flight before needing to be re-charged.
"Because the capacity of batteries doubles about every 10 years, we can expect that in the future the capacity would be enough for the bike to used for sports, tourism or similar things," said the technical director of Duratec Bicycles, Milan Duchek.
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