what s happening? oh! it s fantastic! oh! you re a genius! if you always dreamed of taking off in a car like chitty chitty bang bang, it could soon be a reality. maybe even a little cooler, maybe better cgi. the manufacturer of air car, a dual mode car and aircraft, says it just got a certificate of air worthiness by the slovak transportation or transport authority. cnn s anna stewart has the details. reporter: i m anna stewart in london. a flying car has been granted a certificate of air worthiness. potentially moving them a step closer to reality. the air car was granted approval by slovakian authorities after completing more than 70 hours of
safe and secure way. so whilst las vegas benefits from a bit of smarting up now, the hope is that this could easily be replicated in other cities. hello, welcome to this week in tech. it was the week that google was sued in the us over accusations it deceived people about how to control location tracking. nvidia and meta announced plans to build the fastest ai supercomputer in the world by 2022. and youtube said it was exploring nfts for its creators, following the likes of twitter and instagram. next and you have to see pictures of this a flying car has completed a 35 minute trial in slovakia. it takes two minutes and 15 seconds to transform from car to aircraft and once its wings are extended, the air car can hit speeds of over 100 mph and fly at an altitude
seconds to transform from car to aircraft and once its wings are extended, the air car can hit speeds of over 100 mph and fly at an altitude of over 8000 feet. the world s most powerful space telescope has reached its final stop. 1 million miles from earth, the james webb telescope has entered orbit around the sun, where a giant shield will allow it to take pictures. and finally, drones to shoo away pesky pigeons. researchers in switzerland have been using an autonomous system that spots the roof invading birds and then sends them a drone to harmlessly chase them away. while flocks can gather for hours, the a! system cut loitering down to just a couple of minutes. it seems that al is eagle eyed! there s all kinds of tech being woven into football to improve both the players
test flights, including more than 200 takeoffs and landings. in one of those flights last year, the air car spent 35 minutes flying between two cities in slovakia after landing the aircraft was transformed into a car and drive noon into city center. don t expect it to land in a car showroom near you, it is a concept car and you ll need to be a qualified pilot to fly one. anna stewart, i love that thing, but you re not fitting into a compact spot with that. no. no. hard to parallel park in the air, i m told. i love it. so we do have some more on the breaking news this morning. pfizer is actually about to launch trials for its omicron specific vaccine. how soon is that going to be available? plus, children in atlanta and chicago killed by stray bullets as the violence swirls in new york city. its mayor revealing his plan for guns. he joins us live. vo: my car is my after-work decompression zone.
so cute. and i never get tired of videos capturing poppers with unique talents. take a look at his lab showing new yorkers he knows how to tear up the ice rink. on his two front paws and yawning like it is no big deal, easily clears and lands in his owner s arms and given a toy as a reward. now this, transport authority given a flying car a certificate of airworthiness, meaning the air car as it is called could be mass-produced. they hope the vehicle would be available within 12 months. don t get too excited, a pilots license is going to be required and likely to have a really hefty price tag. it would help the commute in d.c., though peer for a baby elephant at the fort worth zoo in texas having a grand old time s splashing around in a kiddie pool. zookeepers say it is one of the way they are trying to entertain animals indoors during the cold winter weather there. and finally, this could be the