Jet packs are coming, seriously.
 

http://www.mobilewhack.com/reviews/s...pack-thumb.jpg

http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/31/s...n-development/
http://www.mobilewhack.com/reviews/s..._it_works.html
http://www.skywalkerjets.com
now wheres my 200,000 dollars..

Jabba, I think you should definitely add this to your garage ;)

Haha that's awesomely mad :lol:

There in lies the problem.. ;)

Aviaiton flies waya from the debris of humanity and as such are pretty reliable and safe modes of travel.

A "JetPacker" would be in and around the hub-bub and litter of the big city and and particle injestion will be guaranteed.. ;)

Did you notice how quickly he fell back to earth, even from a few inches?

Even from 100ft you would pretty much - whats the word? Oh yeah - die if you had a "costume malfunction" of any kind :P

Pussy.. ;)

meh, old technology from the early 80's.

it worked perfectly, but proved mostly useless

Yeah, but your cool factor would go up by about 2 billion points by being able to verify your jet pack with a custom picture on JW :)