Ever see that Disney film, Rocketman?  Pretty duff, wasn’t it?  Still, the last time I checked, the idea of a flying jetpack was still ‘pretty awesome’.  And thanks to a case of life imitating art, it will soon be possible for you to fly your own jetpack up to 3 stories high at 35mph.

Made by Jet-Lev, production models should be complete by the end of the year.  The big draw backs are that the thing can only travel over water and will only be available to those who have £85,000 to – ahem – ‘splash’ around (sorry).  This basically means that the whole invention is still a total duff, because a) it isn’t the flying skateboard you want it to be, and b) because at best, the ONLY chance you’ll have to ride one will be at a tawdry little ‘watersports’ concession on a rubbish beach where you’ll pay £100 to hover around the shoreline in sweaty little verruca socks (like this guy, pictured) for 10 minutes with absolutely no purpose.

Try to think of just one practical purpose for this thing?  Racing would be an awfully boring spectacle so isn’t an option.  Commuting to work would only be possible if you live on the other side of a lake from your job…  That’s it…  I’m stumped.

There used to be a time when inventions like trains, cars and planes would change the world.  Now we left to get excited about the useless innovations like this that are the historical equivalent of a Breville Toasted Sandwich Press – something that is exciting for about 5 minutes before you realize how completely pointless it is.  FTW.