It might not be a flying car but the future is getting closer.

The future was supposed to be fantastic. Movies like The Fifth Element and Blade Runner promised us flying cars, androids and living billboards that stretched the width and height of the skyscrapers down town. Well...no androids yet (or even robots that do more than vacuum our houses), no flying cars (although there's "work" being done that you can see here), we're at least going to get the billboard buildings.
Sonny Astani, a 55 year old real estate mogul, is working to turn downtown LA 2009 into the 2019 LA from Blade Runner. The real estate mogul who already owns thousands of Southern California apartments is bringing his vision (and more importantly his money) to transform the sides of two adjacent 14 story condos in downtown LA into the living billboards portrayed in the opening sequence of the Ridley Scott classic. Astani, a self proclaimed fan of the movie is creating the billboards by installing hundreds of rows of LEDs. The LEDs, spaced about 6 inches apart and running from floor to ceiling on the windows, will allow occupants to enjoy an unobstructed view of the City of Angels but when the buildings are seen from from a distance (now here's where our flying car would come in handy) the lights will merge into an image (think pixels on your computer screen but way bigger). Sure, some would argue that there's no reason to see a Nike Ad from miles away, but why not? You can make a building as stylish as you like but when its all said and done it still looks like a building. And now that we live in the era of Amber Alerts and Terrorist Threat colors, what better way to get the message out so all can see? Now if we could just get computer chips and an Internet connection in our heads...