Showing posts with label jet pack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jet pack. Show all posts
Lightweight Turbojet Jet Pack With 10 Minute Flight Time
Check out footage of the JB-9, a lightweight Jet Pack in development. Great video, though we were disappointed that the pilot did not attempt to fish during the demonstration.
More details about the flight and the jet pack are here on sciencealert.com.
More details about the flight and the jet pack are here on sciencealert.com.
Dubai Orders 20 Jet Packs For Skyscraper Firefighting
Jet pack news is coming fast and furious these days. Dubai signed an agreement with New Zealand's Martin Aircraft to purchase a fleet of jet packs for use when fighting fires in skyscrapers. Gizmodo has the details.
Jet Pack In The Big Apple
Just days ago, a jet pack flew near Lady Liberty:
Is the future finally getting closer?
Is the future finally getting closer?
Awesome Flyboarding Frisbee Catch
I didn't attempt this back when I gave Flyboarding a try, but perhaps I will if I get the chance. A perfect throw and a perfect catch. Is Flyboarding Ultimate the sport of the future?
Jet Pack Update: Jet Packs In Development For Faster Running
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Our Jet Pack Coverage Continues...
Fear not, forward-thinking readers. Coverage of Jet Packs will continue here at Today in Jet Packs -- but we have broadened our scope slightly and will include coverage of jet pack tech along with other explorations.
Two recent Jet Pack items of note:
Two recent Jet Pack items of note:
- As part of the Smithsonian Future Is Here Festival (which for some reason, TiJP was not invited to), a brave pioneer piloted a Jet Pack inside the Ronald Regan Building. Slate.com has pics and video.
- Start your budding high flier off right with this snazzy DIY Super Sci-Fi Rocket fueled Jet Pack.
A Flight Into the Future!
While on holiday recently off the coast of North Carolina, I got an opportunity to try out flyboarding, perhaps the closest I'll get to flying an actual jet pack until scientists get off their duffs and get serious about the future. Takeaways: 1) Jet packs will be awesome. 2) Leaning back on a flyboard is a not recommended.
Long Overdue Video
The editors of Today in Jet Packs sincerely regret the lack of Jet Pack coverage in the blog as of late. We've been withholding the future, and are deeply ashamed. We will do better, and it starts here:
Technology is Never a Sure Thing...
Despite the advances in Jet Pack technology that occur daily, accidents do happen. Here at TIJP, our motto is "accidents are merely men stumbling into the future." He is one such stumble, caught on tape by the fine folks at Fox:
Flyaway Friday: Grand Canyon Flight
Greetings, High Fliers!
Happy to pass on the news that Swiss "Jetman" (obviously should be "Jet Pack Futurist," but something was lost in translation) Yves Rossy recently completed an eight-minute aerial tour of the Biggest Hole in the Ground in the World. Watch video captured during the flight below or read more about it here.
Is this the future of vacations out of doors? All signs rocket to "yes!"
Yours in flight,
Jeff
TiJP Editor
Happy to pass on the news that Swiss "Jetman" (obviously should be "Jet Pack Futurist," but something was lost in translation) Yves Rossy recently completed an eight-minute aerial tour of the Biggest Hole in the Ground in the World. Watch video captured during the flight below or read more about it here.
Is this the future of vacations out of doors? All signs rocket to "yes!"
Yours in flight,
Jeff
TiJP Editor
The JetLev Water Jet Pack
I would be remiss in my duties as editor of TiJP if I failed to mention this soon-to-be-available water-powered jet pack. Though it may not be quite the transportation revolution we've been waiting for (and promised) for fifty or so years now (which, of course, is quick airborne personal transportation for going to and from work), it does look like a heck of a lot of fun. Can someone loan me $140,000 and a cottage on a suitable lake? More info here.
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