Water-propelled jetpack patented
I’m sure I’m not the only one in the room who’s always wanted a jetpack. But they’re dangerous things; not only due to the risk of flying out of control and doing yourself a serious injury, but to the potential of the engine exploding while strapped to your back. A new patent for a water-propelled jetpack removes the latter risk, leaving you at the mercy of nothing but your own piloting skills … which, considering it will only be usable over bodies of water, might not be as much of a problem as it could be. And while we’re on the subject of propulsion and fuel, a Scottish university is studying the possibility of using brewery by-products to make biofuels for car engines. I’ll drink to that.
August 29th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Water-powered jetpacks? As with so many western “inventions,” Japan has already had this for a few years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoLh1ILDWB4
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:38 pm
If anyone has ever heard of Nintendo. They probably would realize that this was in a Mario game… Mario Sunshine ring any bells…. The game was based around wearing one of these.
(Brian, that vid is from a Japanese game show… kind of irrelevant)