Gadgetory

hey it's Andy with the Virg you know CES and Las Vegas can be a real drag traffic gridlock crowds and thousands of thirsty tech companies trying to get your attention so we decided to Hale an uber and get out of town or a few miles above town this is uber chopper during CES gadget lovers with money to burn can hail a helicopter through their uber app thanks to a partnership between maverick helicopters in the ride-hailing company it's a total marketing gimmick but what better way to escape CES and see the Las Vegas skyline than to soar above the clouds in your own personal helicopter let's be clear the uber chopper doesn't take you from point A to point B it's a 99 dollar pleasure ride and that's about it and uber has done this before offering helicopter rides and some major events like Khan and Coachella spots are limited so get to the chopper if you want to ride so it's not totally irrelevant to overs dreams for the future last year the company released something called uber elevate which was a high concept flying car project it's about actually building cars that could fly through the air over traffic instead of through it but we don't have flying cars yet but there are a couple of tech startups that are working on prototypes it'll be a long time before we actually get those so until then you may just want to hail a chopper