Personal jet packs go on sale mid-2017

"Australian aviator David Mayman has promised investors that his personal jet packs will hit the market by mid-2017, though early adopters will pay about $250,000 for one, to fly a person at up to 60 mph for 10 minutes. The JB-10 (developed by Mayman and designer Nelson Tyler) has made about 400 test runs in Monaco and over downtown London and New York City, but the partners realize that ultimate success will require that the fuel tanks be downsized so that the craft can be powered electrically--and thus seek crowdfunding both for that model and a larger one to accommodate the Pentagon's (Special Operations Command) tactical needs."

• The JB-10 JetPack uses two minature jet engines fixed to a harness. 
• The engines run on aviation fuel and can together lift 350lbs at a time. 
• It can be controlled using two joysticks which control the lift and direction of the jetpack.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3926700/Move-James-Bond-World-s-commercially-available-jetpack-sale-qualified-buyers.html#ixzz4RzOVdDu8 

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Smiler Exhibit

by Jack Brummet

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Faces Mural

by Jack Brummet

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drawing: 1757-1772 ― #tags

by Jack Brummet

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The President-Elect: "Trouble every day" (Frank Zappa)

by Jack Brummet

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JFK feeds a deer in a national park, ca. 1963

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drawing: faces 1758

by Jack Brummet

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drawing: faces 1756

by Jack Brummet

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drawing: faces 1738-1754 — another pocketful of rocks

By Jack Brummet

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drawing: faces No. 1714 - extended family Thanksgiving

By Jack Brummet

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A sweet A.E. Housman poem

The thoughts of others were light and fleeting,
Of lovers’ meeting, or luck and fame.
Mine were of trouble, and mine were steady;
So I was ready when trouble came.

– A. E. Housman

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Video of Andy Warhol eating a Whopper®

Yes, it sounds strange. Andy eats a hamburger for four and a half minutes. Not so strange when you remember his 1963 movie, Sleep which shows his friend John Giorno sleeping for five hours and 20 minutes.

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