The iconic vision of the technological, space-age future used to be the personal jet pack–a strap-on device that would allow people to zip around the clouds, presumably wherever and whenever they liked.
The jet pack never quite happened, but the dream still has legs. And soon it might come equipped with rotor blades, too. A […]
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U. S. science writer Jeremy Shere writes frequently about weird and bizarre science for the Earth & Sky radio series. Jeremy also writes and produces for several other radio programs and writes for a variety of magazines.
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