If you are an average human being, than at sometime or another in your life you have wanted a jet pack. Everyone dreams of soaring high above the earth and chillin with the birds using only a small device attached to their back, and up until now I thought this was only a pipe dream.. never to be seen by the likes of an average non-billionaire person. NOT ANY MORE!
Introducing... THE JET LEV!
Raymond Li, a Chinese CANADIAN developed the Jet Lev (Jet Levitation) concept in 2000 and has been working nonstop to get this project off the ground. (Pun intended)
The Jet lev uses water as its main source of thrust, and is kept lightweight by placing the engine, fuel, and all other systems on a separate boat do-hickey that is tethered to the Jet Lev and follows behind.
Now... let's talk cost. The Jet Lev is priced at approximately 130,000 Euros. Which translates to about 175,000 in Canadian dollars. Pretty pricey but if you think about it, the first personal computer was $10,000 and took up a whole room, and that was in the 60s. Now you can get a computer that can fit in your pocket for only 400 bucks! So if I'm doing my math right...
By the year 2060 a jet pack will cost about $70 and be the size of a ballpoint pen.
THAT. Is pretty exciting.
Just an observation.
Not excited yet? Alright, well watch this video you unexcitable jerk.
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