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Inventor Unveils $100,000 Jet Pack Thursday, July 31, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Innovation   
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Hollywood has envisioned jet packs as upside-down fire extinguishers strapped to people's backs. But Glenn Martin's invention is far more unwieldy -- a 250-pound piano-sized contraption that people settle into rather than strap on. As thousands looked on Tuesday, the inventor's 16-year-old son donned a helmet, fastened himself to a prototype Martin jet pack and revved the engine, which sounded like a motorcycle. (source: edition.cnn.com)
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