A Vision Of Our Jetpack Future, Designed By Mark Newson

Marc Newson’s vision of a Body Jet is dually nostalgic and futuristic--much like the idea of the jetpack itself. My only claim to fame is that I’ve flown a jetpack . . . all of eight inches off the ground for about ten seconds, with a small army of crew keeping me balanced in the air to ensure that a photo opp didn’t end in disaster. And you know what? It was exhilarating. Click to enlarge. That said, the Martin Jetpack I flew was unwieldy and lacked discernible “road feel” behind its powerful engines. I couldn’t imagine a future in which all of us flew to work with its giant turbines wrapped in half a car’s worth of carbon fiber, jockeying for a place to park. But Marc Newson’s Body Jet, which he designed for a French aerospace company, imagines a more reasonable future for jetpacks.Read Full Story