La Nyalla Wants Indonesia To Start Developing Flying Cars Like Japan

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JAKARTA - Chairman of Regional Representatives Council (DPD RI), La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti, assessed Japan's plan to develop flying car technology could be an inspiration for technological advances in Indonesia. He said Indonesia must also be able to develop similar technology.

"Indonesia must also start developing technology-based industries that are ready to be marketed", said La Nyalla, Thursday, March 11.

According to him, flying cars are no longer imagined like fictional films. Indonesia needs thoughts, works, research, and knowledge to lead to future industrial innovations.

"We must be open to the various scientific potentials of the nation's children. Because in that way, we can catch up with developed countries, including in technological matters", he explained.

This is because Indonesia has a lot of potentials to develop technological research results. Where Indonesia has science and technology universities, both public and private.

"For that, we advise the government to try to explore the results of research conducted by our technology doctors, to enter into the national industrial strategic plan", he added.

As is known, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation, and Tourism initiated flying cars using technology such as drones. One of the aims is to raise safety standards, as well as aircraft registration systems, leading to practical applications of next-generation aircraft.

This drone-like flying car is targeted to be produced and put into use in 2023. "This flying car was created to reduce congestion, logistics efficiency, and transportation between small islands. This realization reminds us of fictional Japanese anime films", said La Nyalla.