Nick Hurwitch: 5 Reasons the Future Is Better Without Jetpacks or Flying Cars

Here are five reasons why you should just buy your "environmentally friendly" vehicle of choice and stop holding your breath for a flying future that will never come.

Casimir Force Reversed for Quantum Levitation

Physicist Hendrik Casimir, over fifty years ago, discovered that if one were to put two mirrors in a vacuum and had them facing each other, they would attract. This is because virtual particles are spontaneously forming and annihilating within the vacuum, and create a field which causes the attraction. As reported by the American Institute of Physics in its Journal of Applied Physics, changing ...

Water-propelled jet pack provides liftoff from future at TradeWinds

By Sean Daly, Times Pop Music Critic Tuesday, May 8, 2012 ST. PETE BEACH At times, the future feels like three gallons of seawater gurgling up your nose. But when you're soaring 15 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, the future can also feel just like James Bond promised. Forty-seven years after Thunderball teased us with 007's high-flying derring-do, the TradeWinds Island Grand introduces the JetLev ...

Is a hover car in Volkswagen's future?

When Volkswagen in China asked customers to dream up some cool ideas for them, it never thought anyone would come up with a flying car. But someone did — sort of.

Volkswagen Hover Car: Are Flying Cars The Model Of The Future? (VIDEO)

The days of the hovercraft are upon us. As Google's self-driving cars prepare to roll out onto the streets of Nevada, Volkswagen one-ups everyone with its concept design for a hover car.