earthlingParticipants pilot water jet packs on the Yarra River during the annual #Moomba festival, #Melbourne, #Australia
Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images
IBBoardAnyone else find a baby-faced robot with blue-white jet burners just a little bit creepy? 😬
https://newatlas.com/robotics/ironcub3-jet-powered-flying-humanoid/
Paul GuinnessyWhy do some many futurist shows have #jetpacks yet we don't have them in real life? One reason is that all those jetpacks we saw on TV for decades were all the same jetpack, flown by just one guy, who risked his life every time he went up in it… #futurism #worldoftomorrow https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/17/fake-it-until-you-dont-make-it/#twenty-one-seconds
Oliver Sampson@pluralistic on the practicalities of #jetpacks "Even a brief moment's serious consideration should make it clear why we wouldn't want the distracted, stoned, drunk, suicidal, homicidal maniacs who pilot their two-ton killbots through our residential streets at 75mph to be *flying over our heads* with a reservoir of high explosives strapped to their backs."
I read this after driving two hours on Michigan highways, and this gets a solid AMEN from me. The #trucktopia here is a bit unsettling.
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Chuck Ingwersen | Cartoonist 🖍 Comic Artist on Instagram: "Bears with jetpacks might not be a reality in your neck of the woods YET, but someday soon you’ll tilt your neck skyward and you’ll see them. They’ve perfected the technology, now they just need to overcome their fear of flying. To see a bonus bear panel and some other extras, check out my Ko-fi page (link in bio). . . . . . #bears #brownbear #brownbears #bearart #jetpacks #bearcartoon #cartoonbear #funnyart #cartoonart #instacartoon #instatoon #cartoonsofinstagram #instatoons #cartoonist"
832 likes, 27 comments - captainscratchy on August 26, 2023: "Bears with jetpacks might not be a reality in your neck of the woods YET, but someday soon you’..."
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LauraI find it somewhat #fascinating that the daily high temperature near the equator of #Mars is currently many degrees higher than it is right now in some parts of the United States.
I also find it fascinating that I can type "what is the current #weather on Mars?" into my handheld computer and be given a serious answer. This world of the future isn't perfect and we still don't all have #JetPacks, but damn if it doesn't have its moments of #awesomeness.
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