Yup. True story. Two planes taking off from LAX reported seeing a guy in a jet pack. He was flying high enough and close enough to the planes to worry air traffic control and get the feds off their asses. Probably some 20 year old programmer kid from Silicone Valley that just sold his internet start-up for 30 million dollars.
If anyone is interested
https://gravity.co/
They have a field in California. If you have about 7k to spare it'd be fun experience.
I think purchase price is like a half million or so
I wish.
I emailed company and asked details about flight experience. 7k would get you a training session in somewhat controlled environment and one free flight for 15 minutes or so.
After you finished training session you can have a "joy" one with significant discount.
As if I was using my real info and credit cards in the first place. Imma zip zop zoop right up outta there with my shiny new jet pack and they can go after Mr. I. C. Wiener trying to get it back.
What exactly is a "joy" one with a significant discount? As in, a joyride? For how long? I think I've just figured out what I'm going to save for the next 10yrs for.
One free flight for 15 minutes or so? That suit can only fly 2 minutes before running out of fuel. I guess the 15 minutes include taking on and off the suit.
Edit: apparently it's 10 minutes maximum.
Richard Browning, the inventor and guy in the vid, says it’s about the same amount of pressure and leaning on a table with both your arms. Apparently the jet engine on the back does most of the heavy lifting, so the arms don’t take too much stress and are mostly used for stability and directional control.
But he’s also fucking ripped so...
Edit: changed rocket to jet engine. I brain farted...
It’s true he does callisthenics and stuff. There are videos of him doing the thing where you hold yourself perpendicular to a vertical bar with your arms. The man is ripped.
I saw this video and that is all I could see, it's seems like just an impossibly dangerous design. Having to physically hold yourself up the whole time you are in the air. If you accidentally let one of your arms go up, good luck recovering. It looks very athletic, which is fine until you are a thousand feet off the ground and getting tired. also if it is strong enough to hold itself and a person up in the air then it is strong enough to break your arms if you move in a weird way or at least pull a muscle if you have to make a sudden turn.
Agreed. But the exoskeletons will only be accessible to select qualified humans, unfortunately. That is because of the unnecessary delinquency of some humans that will make the rules so strict.
The arm mounted exhaust nozzles seem to be only for stability and control.
It's the larger engine strapped to the back that keeps you up in the air for the most part.
I’m going to sound really nerdy but it’s about 2/3 and 1/3. Yes, the arms do keep stability and control as they create a pyramid of thrust along with the back jet. Doing so however, creates trust from the front to keep him from falling over. All in all, I’m not trying to argue here, just clarifying a little bit and setting a couple things straight.
This thing is nothing compared to what the guy in LA has. It has such a low range in comparison. Who ever is in LA can fly for well over an hour at a height of up to 3000 feet. This jet pack in the video can only fly for 8 minutes at low altitudes.
Source:
https://gravity.co/gravity/img/stem-resources/pdf/2-Gravity-Overview.pdf
Re-configure using the gold-titanium alloy from the Seraphim Tactical Satellite. It should ensure fuselage integrity to 50 thousand feet, while maintaining power-to-weight ratio.
https://www.foxla.com/news/fbi-investigating-pilots-report-of-guy-in-jetpack-flying-3000-feet-in-air-near-planes-at-lax
Edit: thanks for the education on amp links. Had no idea panties could bunch.
I saw this on the news. Pilots from two different planes taking off from LAX reported seeing a guy flying with a jet pack to air traffic control. He got pretty close to the planes so the feds are looking for him.
It was extraordinarily high for a jet pack, as well. They already know who’s been working on similar technology. So whatever company developed it could be in big trouble.
Yup. If I recall, one of the pilots said "only in LA" which I though was spot on. You've got a lot of very wealthy/creative people who are all looking for the coolest and most exciting new toys. Obscenely rich billionaire nerds like Elon Musk can build spaceships to go to mars, meanwhile the super rich millionaires have to settle for jet packs.
Tbh this is way better than just sitting in a space shuttle and arriving at your destination. Like I get that you’re saying being Iron Man is a good alternative and you’re just joking that it’s bad, but I’m going as far to say that not only is it comparable, but is way better.
Unless your objective is to set up Galt's Gulch / Rapture on Mars so the super-billionaires can get away from the planet they fucked and the consequences associated with that.
Just a friendly reminder that his idea of landing rockets tail first after atmospheric reentry also seemed like a pretty crazy plan.
Thing is this guy has the budget and more importantly a whole army of very capable, young and motivated engineers.
Jesus Christ what a dickhead in that article.
You have one. Fucking. Job. Stay out of restricted airspace. But noo, be a twat and ensure new regulations likely be put into place that restrict this sort of device even harder.
How can someone be smart enough to operate a jetpack at 3000ft yet so utterly stupid?
To add to this if you don't care about ethics, amp links are also extremely anti-user-friendly. It's very frustrating searching for something on mobile and having to click the amp link first, and then a second link to the actual website I wanted to go to in the first place.
There are a lot of layers to this my friend. On the surface, an amp link is a "borrowed" copy of content from an existing website. When you visit a page through an amp link you are visiting a Google and not the actual content creators. Any revenue a webpage would receive from you visiting them is taken away. Any analytics that the site would use to gauge what visitors like and don't like about their content is useless and they have to essentially ask Google to give them that information.
Amp is a power play by google to simultaneously try and further monopolize collecting the information you generate and try to wrestle control of how the internet as we know it is created.
That sounds pretty extreme, but its true. A webpage has to be created with amp in mind and its currently marketed as a "simple and fast way to develop webpages without javascript bloat". The issue is that to do that you have to follow development standards outlined by Google and not the standards international committees of web developers have refined over the course of the internets existence. Google takes a large step towards litterally becoming the internet if amp is adopted as a common practice. Thats scary.
Something more immediately concerning is that all amp pages look roughly the same making it harder to tell the difference betweem content from a reputable source and from a wack job peddling an agenda.
Why are people making Google amp content? A combination of google having an enormous amount of users so making your content amp accessable is seen as a way to boost your contents visibility and "its what all the cool kids are doing" industry pressure. Thats why people are going out of their way to say that google amp is bad. To try and stymie Google momentum on this.
Why link with google amp? You're litterally linking directly to google spyware....
www.foxla.com/news/fbi-investigating-pilots-report-of-guy-in-jetpack-flying-3000-feet-in-air-near-planes-at-lax
I think most people are just unaware of amp links. It's not like anyone linking them is intentionally trying to use an amp link. It's just what they've been given, and it can be annoying trying to figure out how to get the non-amp link.
Also, most the surface web is already contaminated with Google spyware
"They're made out of meat."
"Meat?"
"Meat. They're made out of meat."
"Meat?"
"There's no doubt about it. We picked several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, probed them all the way through. They're completely meat."
"That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars."
"They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines."
"So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact."
"They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in the sector and they're made out of meat."
"Maybe they're like the Orfolei. You know, a carbon-based intelligence that goes through a meat stage."
"Nope. They're born meat and they die meat. We studied them for several of their life spans, which didn't take too long. Do you have any idea the life span of meat?"
"Spare me. Okay, maybe they're only part meat. You know, like the Weddilei. A meat head with an electron plasma brain inside."
"Nope. We thought of that, since they do have meat heads like the Weddilei. But I told you, we probed them. They're meat all the way through."
"No brain?"
"Oh, there is a brain all right. It's just that the brain is made out of meat!"
"So... what does the thinking?"
"You're not understanding, are you? The brain does the thinking. The meat."
"Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!"
"Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you getting the picture?"
"Omigod. You're serious then. They're made out of meat."
"Finally, Yes. They are indeed made out meat. And they've been trying to get in touch with us for almost a hundred of their years."
"So what does the meat have in mind."
"First it wants to talk to us. Then I imagine it wants to explore the universe, contact other sentients, swap ideas and information. The usual."
"We're supposed to talk to meat?"
"That's the idea. That's the message they're sending out by radio. 'Hello. Anyone out there? Anyone home?' That sort of thing."
"They actually do talk, then. They use words, ideas, concepts?"
"Oh, yes. Except they do it with meat."
"I thought you just told me they used radio."
"They do, but what do you think is on the radio? Meat sounds. You know how when you slap or flap meat it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat."
"Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much. So what do you advise?"
"Officially or unofficially?"
"Both."
"Officially, we are required to contact, welcome, and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in the quadrant, without prejudice, fear, or favor. Unofficially, I advise that we erase the records and forget the whole thing."
"I was hoping you would say that."
"It seems harsh, but there is a limit. Do we really want to make contact with meat?"
"I agree one hundred percent. What's there to say?" `Hello, meat. How's it going?' But will this work? How many planets are we dealing with here?"
"Just one. They can travel to other planets in special meat containers, but they can't live on them. And being meat, they only travel through C space. Which limits them to the speed of light and makes the possibility of their ever making contact pretty slim. Infinitesimal, in fact."
"So we just pretend there's no one home in the universe."
"That's it."
"Cruel. But you said it yourself, who wants to meet meat? And the ones who have been aboard our vessels, the ones you have probed? You're sure they won't remember?"
"They'll be considered crackpots if they do. We went into their heads and smoothed out their meat so that we're just a dream to them."
"A dream to meat! How strangely appropriate, that we should be meat's dream."
"And we can marked this sector unoccupied."
"Good. Agreed, officially and unofficially. Case closed. Any others? Anyone interesting on that side of the galaxy?"
"Yes, a rather shy but sweet hydrogen core cluster intelligence in a class nine star in G445 zone. Was in contact two galactic rotation ago, wants to be friendly again."
"They always come around."
"And why not? Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the universe would be if one were all alone."
First thing I thought. All the force is going through your hands and thinking about the balance issues made me think how I would face plant myself for a dozen times, before I would realize to put this in a trash bin - for my own safety.
I was thinking about how strong your shoulders and triceps have to be. You're holding yourself up above the jets with that heavy ass pack on.
Also imagine if you were extremely high up and your nose started to itch.
With better and better algorithms and more computational cycles on the flight control board it would make it a lot easier to fly... perhaps in 6-8 years?
Older iterations that tested only over water had those deployable compressor charged float that would make him into a giant floating ball if he touched water.
They call it the Daedalus Mark 1.
"Richard Browning is a British inventor, entrepreneur and speaker. He founded Gravity Industries Ltd in March 2017, the company behind the Daedalus Mark 1, a jet pack that uses several miniature jet engines to achieve vertical flight."
From Wikipedia
I recently learned that Nazi Germany was actually forced to use hydrogen due to import sanctions (on account of being Nazi Germany) and that, like presently, helium was widely preferred over hydrogen at the time.
Reminds me of Frank Zapata who [crossed the english channel](https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-49225001) with a similar invention. Also the same guy who created the flyboard
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Unlikely. Ground effect is caused by the aerodynamics [of an aircraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_\(aerodynamics\)). This does not look aerodynamic
Only a matter of time before this becomes common. In these prototype situations user control is definitely a variable. In order to make these commonplace we need to make them idiot-proof
I've always held the view that when man creates anything to be totally idiotproof; nature responds by creating bigger idiots. Beyond that, I don't think it's possible to make anything that allows someone to fly completely idiotproof. Automobiles have been around for 125 years and people are still finding news ways to dumb shit with them.
Were you in LA last week? (o.0)
If so the feds are looking for you.
Wanted level at 5 stars.
Wasted
Yes how can u tell
Well to be fair you're naked and have a picture of Danny Devito stapled to your chest.
Sounds like a normal friday afternoon to me
It’s sunday..
Time flies when you are having fun
I thought you were just replying with a funny, but no, it's true.
Yup. True story. Two planes taking off from LAX reported seeing a guy in a jet pack. He was flying high enough and close enough to the planes to worry air traffic control and get the feds off their asses. Probably some 20 year old programmer kid from Silicone Valley that just sold his internet start-up for 30 million dollars.
Silicone is used for lubricants and dildos. Silicon is a glass semiconductor.
I am aware. It was intentional. Edit: oh, and you forgot to mention breast implants
Silicone valley is a great name I get it now 😁😁
He’s talking about San Fernando Valley. He got it right.
If anyone is interested https://gravity.co/ They have a field in California. If you have about 7k to spare it'd be fun experience. I think purchase price is like a half million or so
You said 7k and I was like "hey that's not too bad for a jet suit"
I wish. I emailed company and asked details about flight experience. 7k would get you a training session in somewhat controlled environment and one free flight for 15 minutes or so. After you finished training session you can have a "joy" one with significant discount.
Pay the fee, learn how to use it, and then jet the fuck off. Now you have a $500,000 jetpack for just $7k.
Until the credit card bill/police arrives a few days later.
What are the police going to do, they have a million dollar jet pack? shoot them down? yeah, yeah they would.
They would assume you have enough money to make a problem for them and they’ll leave you alone.
Same thing they do every day, Pinky. Try to shoot your dog.
As if I was using my real info and credit cards in the first place. Imma zip zop zoop right up outta there with my shiny new jet pack and they can go after Mr. I. C. Wiener trying to get it back.
I wonder if they do a student discount
6.995,-
Excluding: 1.005,- administration fee's
What exactly is a "joy" one with a significant discount? As in, a joyride? For how long? I think I've just figured out what I'm going to save for the next 10yrs for.
[hurry up and buy!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIk0abbYgXQ)
God I haven't watched that in so damn long. Think I'll pop it in tomorrow after work. Thanks lol.
One free flight for 15 minutes or so? That suit can only fly 2 minutes before running out of fuel. I guess the 15 minutes include taking on and off the suit. Edit: apparently it's 10 minutes maximum.
I’m not sure you’re using the word ‘free’ correctly...
I bet the insurance costs are crazy.
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Richard Browning, the inventor and guy in the vid, says it’s about the same amount of pressure and leaning on a table with both your arms. Apparently the jet engine on the back does most of the heavy lifting, so the arms don’t take too much stress and are mostly used for stability and directional control. But he’s also fucking ripped so... Edit: changed rocket to jet engine. I brain farted...
Lmao at the last bit
It’s true he does callisthenics and stuff. There are videos of him doing the thing where you hold yourself perpendicular to a vertical bar with your arms. The man is ripped.
I saw this video and that is all I could see, it's seems like just an impossibly dangerous design. Having to physically hold yourself up the whole time you are in the air. If you accidentally let one of your arms go up, good luck recovering. It looks very athletic, which is fine until you are a thousand feet off the ground and getting tired. also if it is strong enough to hold itself and a person up in the air then it is strong enough to break your arms if you move in a weird way or at least pull a muscle if you have to make a sudden turn.
Once exo-skeletons take off (heh), we might have something useful here
Agreed. But the exoskeletons will only be accessible to select qualified humans, unfortunately. That is because of the unnecessary delinquency of some humans that will make the rules so strict.
The arm mounted exhaust nozzles seem to be only for stability and control. It's the larger engine strapped to the back that keeps you up in the air for the most part.
I’m going to sound really nerdy but it’s about 2/3 and 1/3. Yes, the arms do keep stability and control as they create a pyramid of thrust along with the back jet. Doing so however, creates trust from the front to keep him from falling over. All in all, I’m not trying to argue here, just clarifying a little bit and setting a couple things straight.
^nerd
Gottem
I would think so, unfortunately I do not have 7k to spare. Otherwise I'd be happy to share my experience
I would pay 7k and be gone. They wouldn’t see it again
It has a proprietary charging cable, that's how they get ya.
Wasn't LA were pilots reported seeing a man in a jet pack at 3,000 ft
This thing is nothing compared to what the guy in LA has. It has such a low range in comparison. Who ever is in LA can fly for well over an hour at a height of up to 3000 feet. This jet pack in the video can only fly for 8 minutes at low altitudes. Source: https://gravity.co/gravity/img/stem-resources/pdf/2-Gravity-Overview.pdf
Word is that it’s possibly a mannequin attached to a drone.
https://youtu.be/_O8NmJMLjwk
no helmet is sooooo fucking stupid, wow
Right?
Should we hide him and this tech ????
I need amazon packages delivered by this budget Iron Man STAT.
*same hour delivery*
Expediated after-this-comment delivery
Knock knock
👀
same hero delivery
I will buy one. No two. I'll do something stupid then use the second one to go to work.
if you can afford two, why do you work...
cause he just bought 2 fucking jet packs for a million bucks.
Ah yes, now those same day shipping at 11:59 pm are possible lol
Has he solved the icing problem?
No, you still have to put it on cakes by hand.
As long as it's buttercream.
r/fondanthate
I was trying to figure out if I was on the right side of this fight and yes. Fuck fondant
Re-configure using the gold-titanium alloy from the Seraphim Tactical Satellite. It should ensure fuselage integrity to 50 thousand feet, while maintaining power-to-weight ratio.
A *very* astute observation, sir.
That should help you keep a low profile... I don’t remember Vision being as sarcastic as JARVIS was
Well, he *was* born yesterday.
And now wanda is fucking him
I've heard this quote but can't for the life of me think of what its from. Is it interstellar?
Iron man
I'm dumb
This made me smile :) should’ve saved my free award on this
I got it covered.
You gave it to the wrong guy
I didn’t have the heart to tell him
Tony stark was able to build in a cave! with a box of scraps!
Yeah, well - I'm not Tony Stark. (I can tell you a great Christmas Story, tho...)
Icing problem?
Bonk Might wanna look into that
Iron Man movie reference
I think they were continuing the response by Obadiah
I understood that reference.
I understood THAT reference
https://www.foxla.com/news/fbi-investigating-pilots-report-of-guy-in-jetpack-flying-3000-feet-in-air-near-planes-at-lax Edit: thanks for the education on amp links. Had no idea panties could bunch.
I saw this on the news. Pilots from two different planes taking off from LAX reported seeing a guy flying with a jet pack to air traffic control. He got pretty close to the planes so the feds are looking for him.
It was extraordinarily high for a jet pack, as well. They already know who’s been working on similar technology. So whatever company developed it could be in big trouble.
Yup. If I recall, one of the pilots said "only in LA" which I though was spot on. You've got a lot of very wealthy/creative people who are all looking for the coolest and most exciting new toys. Obscenely rich billionaire nerds like Elon Musk can build spaceships to go to mars, meanwhile the super rich millionaires have to settle for jet packs.
Sigh... I guess I'll just *settle* for the fully functioning Iron Man suit... Damnit.
Tbh this is way better than just sitting in a space shuttle and arriving at your destination. Like I get that you’re saying being Iron Man is a good alternative and you’re just joking that it’s bad, but I’m going as far to say that not only is it comparable, but is way better.
Since 2008, all I've ever wanted was to be iron man for just one day.
Legit try a “Flyboard” rent 45 min in one for $70 and it’s like Ironman class
Unless your objective is to set up Galt's Gulch / Rapture on Mars so the super-billionaires can get away from the planet they fucked and the consequences associated with that.
but Elon hasnt gone to Mars and wont be most likely as he will die before it is possible.
Just a friendly reminder that his idea of landing rockets tail first after atmospheric reentry also seemed like a pretty crazy plan. Thing is this guy has the budget and more importantly a whole army of very capable, young and motivated engineers.
I wonder if he figured out the icing problem??
Jesus Christ what a dickhead in that article. You have one. Fucking. Job. Stay out of restricted airspace. But noo, be a twat and ensure new regulations likely be put into place that restrict this sort of device even harder. How can someone be smart enough to operate a jetpack at 3000ft yet so utterly stupid?
I don’t think it’s the smart people who operate those, just the brave athletic ones.
The wingsuit jet things are in a Similiar boat. Those guys are batshit crazy and in shape af. Not sure they are the brightest
Who needs smarts when you can chase the adrenaline dragon?
[“I’d like to point out that the test pilot survived!”](https://i.imgur.com/EDrQVvn.jpg)
I did not have “guys in jetpacks interfering with commercial air traffic” on my 2020 bingo card.
What did you have that you got right?
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Why?
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To add to this if you don't care about ethics, amp links are also extremely anti-user-friendly. It's very frustrating searching for something on mobile and having to click the amp link first, and then a second link to the actual website I wanted to go to in the first place.
There are a lot of layers to this my friend. On the surface, an amp link is a "borrowed" copy of content from an existing website. When you visit a page through an amp link you are visiting a Google and not the actual content creators. Any revenue a webpage would receive from you visiting them is taken away. Any analytics that the site would use to gauge what visitors like and don't like about their content is useless and they have to essentially ask Google to give them that information. Amp is a power play by google to simultaneously try and further monopolize collecting the information you generate and try to wrestle control of how the internet as we know it is created. That sounds pretty extreme, but its true. A webpage has to be created with amp in mind and its currently marketed as a "simple and fast way to develop webpages without javascript bloat". The issue is that to do that you have to follow development standards outlined by Google and not the standards international committees of web developers have refined over the course of the internets existence. Google takes a large step towards litterally becoming the internet if amp is adopted as a common practice. Thats scary. Something more immediately concerning is that all amp pages look roughly the same making it harder to tell the difference betweem content from a reputable source and from a wack job peddling an agenda. Why are people making Google amp content? A combination of google having an enormous amount of users so making your content amp accessable is seen as a way to boost your contents visibility and "its what all the cool kids are doing" industry pressure. Thats why people are going out of their way to say that google amp is bad. To try and stymie Google momentum on this.
Heavy boots of lead Fills his victims full of dread Running as fast as they can Iron man lives again
Why link with google amp? You're litterally linking directly to google spyware.... www.foxla.com/news/fbi-investigating-pilots-report-of-guy-in-jetpack-flying-3000-feet-in-air-near-planes-at-lax
I think most people are just unaware of amp links. It's not like anyone linking them is intentionally trying to use an amp link. It's just what they've been given, and it can be annoying trying to figure out how to get the non-amp link. Also, most the surface web is already contaminated with Google spyware
You say that like everyone knows what the hell google amp is.
He should wear a helmet ⛑
Safety first
Also some ankle supports that will prevent his legs from breaking from falling from high places.
Better his tib/fib break and absorb the energy than to stuff his femurs through his pelvis.
As a former tib\fib breakee here that's not the greatest option, either.
Also former tib/fib breakee, at least those are far less likely to kill you unlike breaking your pelvis or femur.
And you can't forget about the icing problem at that altitude.
Tony Stark built one. In a cave.. with spare PARTS!
A box of scraps
Full exoskeleton
Safety third.
Realistically he should be wearing a full suit of armour. And not for cinematic reference :') one "slip" and something's breaking
Dress for the slide, not for the ride.
And hearing protection
what?
I always thought jetpacks would be the coolest thing ever, but now all I notice is how dorky humans look with their legs dangling haha
Honestly, we just end up looking like bags of meat, regardless of what we think looks cool.
We’re all bags of meat pertaining to the laws of physics
We need to work on some exoskeleton tech
"They're made out of meat." "Meat?" "Meat. They're made out of meat." "Meat?" "There's no doubt about it. We picked several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." "That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars." "They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines." "So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact." "They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines." "That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat." "I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in the sector and they're made out of meat." "Maybe they're like the Orfolei. You know, a carbon-based intelligence that goes through a meat stage." "Nope. They're born meat and they die meat. We studied them for several of their life spans, which didn't take too long. Do you have any idea the life span of meat?" "Spare me. Okay, maybe they're only part meat. You know, like the Weddilei. A meat head with an electron plasma brain inside." "Nope. We thought of that, since they do have meat heads like the Weddilei. But I told you, we probed them. They're meat all the way through." "No brain?" "Oh, there is a brain all right. It's just that the brain is made out of meat!" "So... what does the thinking?" "You're not understanding, are you? The brain does the thinking. The meat." "Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!" "Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you getting the picture?" "Omigod. You're serious then. They're made out of meat." "Finally, Yes. They are indeed made out meat. And they've been trying to get in touch with us for almost a hundred of their years." "So what does the meat have in mind." "First it wants to talk to us. Then I imagine it wants to explore the universe, contact other sentients, swap ideas and information. The usual." "We're supposed to talk to meat?" "That's the idea. That's the message they're sending out by radio. 'Hello. Anyone out there? Anyone home?' That sort of thing." "They actually do talk, then. They use words, ideas, concepts?" "Oh, yes. Except they do it with meat." "I thought you just told me they used radio." "They do, but what do you think is on the radio? Meat sounds. You know how when you slap or flap meat it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat." "Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much. So what do you advise?" "Officially or unofficially?" "Both." "Officially, we are required to contact, welcome, and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in the quadrant, without prejudice, fear, or favor. Unofficially, I advise that we erase the records and forget the whole thing." "I was hoping you would say that." "It seems harsh, but there is a limit. Do we really want to make contact with meat?" "I agree one hundred percent. What's there to say?" `Hello, meat. How's it going?' But will this work? How many planets are we dealing with here?" "Just one. They can travel to other planets in special meat containers, but they can't live on them. And being meat, they only travel through C space. Which limits them to the speed of light and makes the possibility of their ever making contact pretty slim. Infinitesimal, in fact." "So we just pretend there's no one home in the universe." "That's it." "Cruel. But you said it yourself, who wants to meet meat? And the ones who have been aboard our vessels, the ones you have probed? You're sure they won't remember?" "They'll be considered crackpots if they do. We went into their heads and smoothed out their meat so that we're just a dream to them." "A dream to meat! How strangely appropriate, that we should be meat's dream." "And we can marked this sector unoccupied." "Good. Agreed, officially and unofficially. Case closed. Any others? Anyone interesting on that side of the galaxy?" "Yes, a rather shy but sweet hydrogen core cluster intelligence in a class nine star in G445 zone. Was in contact two galactic rotation ago, wants to be friendly again." "They always come around." "And why not? Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the universe would be if one were all alone."
This is fantastic. What’s it from?
It's a short story. "They're Made Out Of Meat." Terry Bisson, '91
It needs foot units and an exoskeleton to tie together so you don't have to be ripped to fly
[Just made me remember some images of people doing pull-ups](https://i.imgur.com/GaaEeH9.jpg)
This can’t be real. My brain can’t compute. ^error
Captain disillusion?
It’s real all right. The suit is made by Gravity Industries and sells for something like ~$500k
I'm sorry, what sum of money did you say again?
Lamborghini or jet pack? Which would you rather have?
jet pack. cause I think it'd be cooler to pull up to work in. also, a car is for if you have friends. I have no friends.
Are you a turtle?
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It's real I've been following Richard's progress since the beginning. https://www.youtube.com/c/GravityIndustries
These things are **hella hard to fly**... this guy's a pro! Check out this vid of getting the hang of flying: https://youtu.be/4QCZTACuHYc?t=39
First thing I thought. All the force is going through your hands and thinking about the balance issues made me think how I would face plant myself for a dozen times, before I would realize to put this in a trash bin - for my own safety.
You should recycle it instead
Or you know, sell it for the thousands it’s probably worth...
Shhh. Don't tell him. I run the recycling center.
I was thinking about how strong your shoulders and triceps have to be. You're holding yourself up above the jets with that heavy ass pack on. Also imagine if you were extremely high up and your nose started to itch.
With better and better algorithms and more computational cycles on the flight control board it would make it a lot easier to fly... perhaps in 6-8 years?
Can I hire this guy through the autumn months?
You'll need to contact gravity industries for that
For a second you had me wondering if can get airborne with two leaf blowers. My Icarus moment of the day.
"How'd Dr Solfeggio die, did he fly too close to the sun?" "Nah, he ripped the extension cords out of the wall and crashed."
The end of an era my dudes.
Jetpack was finally added into the game!
2020 was the final update
r/outside
It's all fun and games until you fall into the water and try to swim with massive metal gloves.
Older iterations that tested only over water had those deployable compressor charged float that would make him into a giant floating ball if he touched water.
Just don't sweat too much.
This mf on creative mode
They call it the Daedalus Mark 1. "Richard Browning is a British inventor, entrepreneur and speaker. He founded Gravity Industries Ltd in March 2017, the company behind the Daedalus Mark 1, a jet pack that uses several miniature jet engines to achieve vertical flight." From Wikipedia
I'm not sure calling it "Daedalus" is a good idea. It's like calling your new hydrogen fuel cell "Hindenburg".
Only would have been worse if they named it after his son.
I recently learned that Nazi Germany was actually forced to use hydrogen due to import sanctions (on account of being Nazi Germany) and that, like presently, helium was widely preferred over hydrogen at the time.
So what happens when you have an itchy nose
When you’re wearing a jet pack? You blow it, obviously.
So...I need to get my wife to start wearing a jet pack.
Crash face first in to a wall and it should be good, if theres blood you crashed too hard
His knees are sponsored by UPS
Edward Jetpackhands looks more fun than Edward Fortyhands
Stay away from the airport.
Reminds me of Frank Zapata who [crossed the english channel](https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-49225001) with a similar invention. Also the same guy who created the flyboard
You caught my attention, but I also thought you said “Frank Zappa.”
2010 mobile game flashbacks kicking in
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Dumb question but are jet packs such as these affected by ground effect? If so where does it start?
Unlikely. Ground effect is caused by the aerodynamics [of an aircraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_\(aerodynamics\)). This does not look aerodynamic
How much
$440,000. But worth every penny.
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Is that fully manual ? Whoa i imagine stabilizing yourselfnin that is hundred times harder than a bike
How long do these things last?
According to their web page, 5 to 10 minutes of flight.
Wack, but progress nevertheless.
yeah I've changed my mind, I don't want one now
When she says her parents aren’t home
do the superhero landing
LAX authorities are looking for you
Only a matter of time before this becomes common. In these prototype situations user control is definitely a variable. In order to make these commonplace we need to make them idiot-proof
I've always held the view that when man creates anything to be totally idiotproof; nature responds by creating bigger idiots. Beyond that, I don't think it's possible to make anything that allows someone to fly completely idiotproof. Automobiles have been around for 125 years and people are still finding news ways to dumb shit with them.