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Latest revision as of 23:53, 10 November 2011
This is a page of resources and discussion for "Anna Mracek Dietrich: A plane you can drive"
Contents
The talk
TED http://www.ted.com/talks/anna_mracek_dietrich_a_plane_you_can_drive.html
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snHS-UcG--E
dotSUB http://dotsub.com/view/6ade4a4f-84aa-4c97-ac30-f5a53f770f6e
About the speaker
Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/pub/anna-dietrich/3/84b/647
Terrafugia - The Team http://www.terrafugia.com/team.html
Women to Watch http://www.masshightech.com/women-to-watch/09/#5
Anna Dietrich’s letter to her young self http://scienceclubforgirls.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/anna-dietrichs-letter/
Related resources
Terrafugia
Terrafugia Transition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrafugia_Transition
Terrafugia Transition: Flying Car Approved For Road Use By NHTSA http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/09/terrafugia-transition-flying-car_n_893402.html#s305568
Flying Car Taxis Closer to Takeoff http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/07/flying-car-taxis-closer-to-takeoff/
YouTube channel of TerrafugiaInc http://www.youtube.com/user/TerrafugiaInc
Terms and expressions
power-to-weight ratio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-to-weight_ratio
glass cockpit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cockpit
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration
light-sport aircraft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-sport_aircraft
sport pilot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_certification_in_the_United_States#Sport_pilot
mpg (mile per gallon, 0.425 kilometers per liter)
federal motor vehicle safety standards http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/fmvss/index.html
Continuously variable transmission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuously_variable_transmission
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Highway_Traffic_Safety_Administration
bunny hop: (cycling) A jump made where both wheels leave the ground. (Wiktionary)
Chevy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet
Corrections of the transcript
18 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,000 and have better power-to-rate ratios than have ever been available, and have better power-to-weight ratios than have ever been available, 139 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Radio 2: That was gorgeous. Radio 2: That was courageous. 168 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,000 "But that won't fit through a toll booth with the wings extended -- "But that won't fit through a toll booth with the wings extended."
