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Jetson ONE Speeds Through The Forest
Another science fictional moment brought to you, in this case, by Jetson, an aerospace company founded by Peter Ternström and Tomasz Patan in 2017. Their goal is to "make everyone a pilot".
Jetson is a Swedish company with a mission to change the way we travel. We aim to make the skies available for everyone with our safe personal electric aerial vehicle.Our prototype "proof of concept" was finished in the spring of 2018, and until now we have been very busy working on a consumer friendly version.
That project resulted in Jetson ONE, a commercially available personal electric aerial vehicle that you can own and fly.
I'm sure you remember the speeder bike chase from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983):
The Jetson ONE just needs to go a little bit faster...
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