As millions of Americans get ready to travel home for Thanksgiving and Christmas, many are worried about airport scanners and quite a few are resentful of the pat-downs they are receiving. In 2003, we posted a story about this.read more
What costs $75,000 and (despite the recession) already has a waiting list? A personal flying machine you can carry around in a backpack like a folding bike. Even if you have to wait to get it, it’s a great way to commute!
On SmartPlanet.com, Boonsri Dickinson reports that it’s the 200-horsepower Martin Jetpack, which can go 60 mph for 20 minutes on a five-gallon tank of gas (so it has to be a pretty short commute). It saves time but it’s NOISY.If you’re lucky enough to get to the top of the list while you still have some money in your pocket, you will need 40 minutes of training (but you don’t need a pilot’s license).
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Getting from place to place by airplane is tough because of onerous airport security restrictions, but these are about to get easier. Or you could just strap on your personal flying machine and take off. Take your ipod along and you can listen to your favorite radio shows!
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Researchers are already trying to solve our commuter traffic jams by inventing small planes that we can use instead of cars. Now another inventor has an even BETTER idea: Personal “Iron Man”-style flying machines that you WEAR!
BBC News quotes Sir Clive Sinclair, one of the inventors of the electric car, as saying, “I’m sure it will happen and I am sure it will change the world dramatically?The vehicle would take off from your home and fly to wherever you want to go.”
click here to see a demonstration. Art credit: freeimages.co.uk
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