Bell FCX-001

Inspired by the futuristic concept cars, the Bell FCX-001 looks like an aesthetic work of art, thanks to a fan-driven anti-torque system, hybridized propulsion, transforming main rotor blade tips, and gull-wing doors. Inside, it’s a technological marvel as well, incorporating augmented reality in the cockpit to control the aircraft, which consists of drop-down control modules that lets passengers adjust things such as their lighting, temperature, or infotainment experience. “We’d like to cue up a future vision here that through computer assistance [and] artificial intelligence, you want to place the pilot in the situation where their higher brain function is doing your mission control and your important safety functions, and let the computers [and] sensors you have on board do the dumb, dirty, dangerous and dull,” said Scott Drennan, Bell’s Director of Innovation. Click here to view the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for the five most popular viral videos today, including one showing what happens when you put 20,000 volts inside a watermelon.

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