Japan's NEC shows 'flying car' hovering steadily for minute

NEC Corp's machine with propellers hovering at the company's facility in Abiko near Tokyo. The Japanese electronics maker showed a 'flying car', a large drone-like machine with four propellers that hovered steadily for about a minute. — AP

ABIKO, Japan: Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. on Monday showed a "flying car," a large drone-like machine with four propellers that hovered steadily for about a minute.

The test flight reaching 3 meters (10 feet) high was held in a gigantic cage, as a safety precaution, at an NEC facility in a Tokyo suburb. The preparations such as the repeated checks on the machine and warnings to reporters to wear helmets took up more time than the two brief demonstrations.