--- title: This Is the Radar System That Could Bring Us Flying Cars description: This is the radar system that could finally bring us flying cars, can we actually prevent killer robots from going rogue and more. canonical: https://time.com/4564314/this-is-the-radar-system-that-could-bring-us-flying-cars/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-09T17:00:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:20.528Z article:section: Ideas og:title: This is the Radar System That Could Bring Us Flying Cars og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4564314/this-is-the-radar-system-that-could-bring-us-flying-cars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This is the Radar System That Could Bring Us Flying Cars twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is the Radar System That Could Bring Us Flying Cars by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 9, 2016 5:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 9, 2016 5:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**This is the radar system that could finally bring us flying cars.**](http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/8/13565652/echodyne-new-radar-technology-drones-field-test) By Ben Popper in the Verge **2\.** [**Can we actually prevent killer robots from going rogue?**](http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2016/11/015.html) By Bert Gambini at the University at Buffalo **3\.** [**Language matters: Stop abusing ‘strategic.’**](http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2016/10/stop-using-strategic-mean-everything-under-sun/132790/) By Josh Kerbel in Defense One **4\.** [**We should get to decide how the government spends our taxes.**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/15/we-should-get-to-decide-how-the-government-spends-our-taxes/) By David Boaz in the Washington Post **5\.** [**This tool helps people facing homelessness direct fundraise for a critical need.**](http://nationswell.com/2016-allstars-rose-broome-handup/) By Sarah Morgan in NationSwell  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4564314/this-is-the-radar-system-that-could-bring-us-flying-cars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4564314/this-is-the-radar-system-that-could-bring-us-flying-cars/"},"headline":"This Is the Radar System That Could Bring Us Flying Cars","datePublished":"2016-11-09T17:00:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:20.528Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4564314/this-is-the-radar-system-that-could-bring-us-flying-cars/","keywords":["Innovation","cars","robots","language","Taxes","homelessness"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4564314/this-is-the-radar-system-that-could-bring-us-flying-cars/","name":"This Is the Radar System That Could Bring Us Flying Cars"}}]}] ```