Jetpacks are a great example of a strong [[Future Vision]] that just doesn't work in reality. People have been trying to fly at human-scale, meaning without big machines like airplanes, for ages. The first jetpacks were invented in the 1920s. The technology has been "close to being able to scale" since the 1960, but just can't meet safety regulations. Or figure out how to manage scale flight operations once available. The biggest success was the Olympics entrance: [Los Angeles 1984 Olympic - Jet Flight - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt0E-AkoM9U) It's important to note that jetpacks are not a [[Futures Hallucination]] because there has been due diligence and honest efforts to develop the technology, but it's just not economically feasible nor broadly desirable. ## Articles & posts [The Strange History of the Jet Pack, and Where It's Heading - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNUppNTT9RI)