Anna Mracek Dietrich: A plane you can drive

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This is a page of resources and discussion for "Anna Mracek Dietrich: A plane you can drive"

Contents

1 The talk
2 About the speaker
3 Related resources
4 Terms and expressions
5 Corrections of the transcript

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

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and have better power-to-rate ratios than have ever been available,
and have better power-to-weight ratios than have ever been available,

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Radio 2: That was gorgeous.
Radio 2: That was courageous.

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"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."

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