Boeing is offering $2 million in prize money to encourage innovators to create a "safe and easy-to-use personal flying device," the company announced on Tuesday. The two-year competition, called "GoFly," is open to teams from around the world. Boeing hopes the project will leverage recent advances in propulsion, energy, lightweight materials, and control and stability systems "to make the dream of personal flight a reality." The flying device should be easy to use by anyone, anywhere, Boeing said. It must be safe, ultra-compact, quiet, urban-compatible, capable of carrying a person 20 miles without refueling or recharging and must have vertical, or near-vertical, takeoff and landing capability.
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