Traffic. Congestion. Pollution. Hours-long commutes. What if you could leave it all behind and trade it in for an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient personal copter—all without a pilot’s license?

This kind of future is the one that Matt Chasen and his team at Lift Aircraft are flying toward at full speed. Their octodecacopter is the dream many have been waiting for—a real flying car—and they hope to make it fully accessible in the near future. Motherboard lifts off with exclusive access to Lift Aircraft’s prototype drone copter.

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