Collaborate Disseminate
Richard Browning’s Jet Suit may have a lock on cool, but now it’s looking for practical applications. Britain’s Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) has collaborated with Gravity Industries on a test flight at the Langdale Pikes in the Lake Distri… Continue reading Jet Suit flight test raises prospect of flying “Iron Man” paramedics
In case you needed more confirmation that we’re living in the future, a flight on approach to Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday night reported “a guy in a jet pack” flying within about 300 yards of them. A second pilot confirmed the sighting. It’s worth watching the video after …read more
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We’ve been reporting on David Mayman and Jetpack Aviation for some years now, and this weekend he was in Sydney with his roaring jet turbine JB-10 jetpack to take another stab at a flight he tried to perform 10 years ago. We were privileged t… Continue reading David Mayman flies the JB-10 jetpack around Sydney Harbour
Let’s face it: due to the amount of thrust required to lift a person off the ground, practical personal jetpacks may never exist – at least, not for use in the air. Underwater jetpacks, however, are another story. We’ve seen a few lately, wit… Continue reading SubCruiser takes a unique approach to underwater jetpacking
Millions of locks, alarms, sensors, light bulbs, garage door openers and other IoT devices that communicate over the Z-Wave protocol can be forced to use weaker security than they actually support. Z-Wave is a wireless communications protocol that use… Continue reading Z-Wave IoT Devices Vulnerable to Security Downgrade Attack
Fans of the Rocketeer comic book and movie franchise will be familiar with its hero’s 1930s-styled rocket backpack. It’s an intricate construction of complex streamlined curves, that has inspired many recreations over the years.
Most Rocketeer jetpacks are made from plastic, foam, and other lightweight materials that will be familiar to cosplayers and costumers. But [David Guyton]’s one is different, he’s made it from sheet steel.
The attraction in his video is not so much the finished pack, though that is an impressive build. Instead it’s the workmanship, nay, the craftsmanship, as he documents every stage of the metalwork …read more
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