IT SUNDAYS LIKE SOMETHING
OUT OF A SCI-FI MOVIE OR A
SCENE FROM "THE JETSONS,"
FLYING CARS.
THE LOCAL COMPANY IS WORKING
WITH A COMPANY FOR A CONCEPT
VEHICLE.
ANDS SHEEHAN HAS THAT STORY NEW
AT 6:00.
Reporter: MEET GEORGE
JETSSON, FOR REAL, AND DAY
THERE WILL BE SELF-FLYING
VEHICLES.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SHUTTLE
YOU FROM PLACE TO PLACE WITHOUT
THE AID OF A PILOT.
AND THE PITTSBURGH COMPANY IS
DEVELOPING THE SMART
TECHNOLOGIES, LIKE THIS LASER
AND SENSOR SYSTEM, TO MAKE SURE
YOU ARRIVE THERE SAFELY.
AND WHAT IT IS ABLE TO DO IS
AS IT FLIES, IT IS ABLE TO THEN
UNDERSTAND THE WORLD IN THREE
DIMENSIONS AND UNDERSTAND THAT
THE ROUTE THAT IT IS TAKING
MIGHT GET IT TOO CLOSE TO
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
PROBLEMATIC.
Reporter: HERE IN
BLOOMFIELD, THEY'RE DEVELOPING
THE SO-CALLED COMPUTER BRAINS
FOR DRONES AND HELICOPTERS,
SIMILAR TO THE SELF-DRIVING
TECHNOLOGY BEING DEVELOPED BY
UBER AND OTHER COMPANIES
NEARBY.
AND JUST THIS WEEK CEO SING OF
ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP WITH
AIRBUS TO OUTFIT SELF-DRIVING
CARS TO LAND SAFELY, STEERING
CLEAR OF UNEXPECTED OBSTACLES.
AND THAT COULD BE POWER
LINES.
IT COULD BE TREES, YOU KNOW,
AND WE HAVE THOSE VERY QUICKLY
HERE.
Reporter: AND HERE AT THIS
AIRSTRIP IN ALLISON PARK, THIS
DRONE PUTS THE TECHNOLOGY
THROUGH THE PACES.
ARRANGING THESE SHIPPING
CONTAINERS TO TEST THE
AVOIDANCE TECHNOLOGY.
ONCE PERFECTED, IT WILL BE USED
ON THE SELF-FLYING CARS OF THE
FUTURE.
DO YOU SEE THIS HAPPENING
WHERE, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY THE
WAY IT WAS IN "THE JETSONS,"
THAT EVERY FAMILY HAD A SELF-
FLYING VEHICLE AND YOU COULD
GET OUT F OF YOUR HOME AND FLY?
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAPPENS IN
THE NEAR FUTURE.
Reporter: BUT THE TECHNOLOGY
IS ALREADY FINDING APPLICATIONS
AND USES IN AVIATION, AND THE
FIRST COMMERCIAL USES OF SELF-
FLYING VEHICLES MAY ONLY BE
YEARS AWAY, AS IN OTHER
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS, A
PITTSBURGH WILL BE TAKING THE
LEAD.
THAT SPACE AGE FUTURE ISN'T
HERE YET, BUT IT IS GETTING CAN
CLOSER EVERY DAY, AND WITH THE
HELP OF THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES
BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT HERE IN
OUR OWN BACK YARD, IT MAY BE
