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Buy Your Very Own Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dropping-in-on-your-friends dept.

dks writes "Yahoo! News is running a story about a personal flying machine originally developed for the military that straps on an individual's back and allows her to fly around for over two hours at a time. The prototype is now up for auction on eBay. The only catch--you have to agree not to operate the vehicle if you purchase it. Uh...yeah...I'm just buying it for display. Yeah, that's it."

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  1. Re:Why? by Jhon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My guess would be that they dont want the bad publicity should some fool decide to be a "test pilot" for this "prototype".

    Besides, why would someone WANT to fly this? It would be cool if it was like the 3rd or 4th generation COMMERCIAL version. At least the likelyhood of faulty engineering would be less of a possibility (i.e. they worked out the kinks). But a prototype? I'm all for being a beta tester for software or even hardware. Just not for something that could reach terminal velocity.

    -jhon

  2. /. e-bay by russianspy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is either a new low, or a new high.

  3. How long until... by leomekenkamp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Considering the facts that

    • the name SoloTrek looks alot like StarTrek
    • the font of their logo is remarkably similar to the font used for TNG
    • they obviously are into science fiction
    How long until they get sued by a certain company protecting their trademark?

    I started writing this post trying to make a joke, but now I have thought some more about it; dunno...

    --
    Wenn ist das Nunstueck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput.
  4. Darwinism, and an alternative by core+plexus · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Not like anyone has $1mil to buy it with anyway. A more practicle, and inexpensive, personal exoskeleton flying vehicle is available right not. It's called an ultralight.

    Man Gets 70mpg in Homemade Car-Made from a Mainframe Computer