If there is a future for aviation lurking within the techno-spectacle that is the CES consumer electronics show, that future is the air taxi. During Brian Krzanich’s Jan. 8 keynote address, the Intel CEO played video of himself riding in the Volocopter, an 18-rotor passenger-carrying unmanned aircraft. A few minutes later, the screen behind Krzanich lifted to reveal the Volocopter VC200 prototype in a cage on the stage. It slowly lifted a few feet off the platform, dragging ...
