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DQ News: Your Very Own Jetpack

If you have an extra hundred grand, you’ll be able to rocket through the air in 2012 when the Martin Jetpack is available for purchase:

In order to make it publicly available, Glenn Martin’s jetpack had to be tailored around the FAA’s ultralight standards, which mean that its speed was limited to a maximum of 63mph and its maximum flight time limited to a mere 30 minutes. The good news is that due to it being in the ultralight category, should you decide to get your hands on the jetpack, you will not be required to have a license of any sort.

For those who forgot, the Martin jetpack is powered by a two-stroke, custom-designed gas engine spins a pair of ducted fans that generate thrust, and an entirely electronic, fly-by-wire system, which replaced the original cable-and-pulley steering system. A cellphone-sized flight-control unit (commonly used in Predator UAVs) allows the jetpack to set bounds on pitch, roll and yaw, and in general helps to steady the flights.

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Man Flies Like a Bird?

I’m hesitant to post this under inventions, but b a Dutch engineer named Jarno Smeets claims to have achieved birdlike flight using custom-built wings. See the video below. What do you think?

Billing Your Doctor for Your Wasted Time

There’s a great business idea in here, somewhere! CNN: Elaine Farstad got antsy as she waited for her doctor, who was late for her scheduled appointment. Then she got downright impatient. Then, as nearly two hours passed, she got mad. Then she came

Niche Biz: Flower Beds and Planters

From spring to fall, many yards are filled with beautiful flowers. If that yard is in the same neighborhood as Kathleen Gostissa, it was probably her handiwork that made those flowers so beautiful. Kathleen has always enjoyed flowers, but she has found a

Aerial Wedding Photographer Causes Stir

An Australian man caused quite a stir in Bathurst, New South Wales last week while testing the equipment for his new aerial photography business. The locals thought it might have been a UFO, but it was really just a microdrone helicopter. Microdrones are

Flyboard Water Jetpack

Think swimming with the dolphins is exciting? How about swimming like a dolphin?! Invented by French jet ski champion Franky Zapata, the Flyboard allows daredevils to leap in and out of the water like an aquatic mammal. It can even do backward-somersaults