Long before sci-fi promised hoverboards, the U.S. Army was actually testing real one-man flying machines. Dubbed “aero cycles,” these bizarre and hazardous prototypes were designed to give soldiers ...

In the 1950s, several companies built single person flying platforms that worked like stand up mini helicopters, with the pilot steering by shifting body weight or using simple controls. The military ...

Playing the James Bond theme was a neat parlour trick, but now it’s obvious why those quadrotor flying RC vehicles really exist. And it’s to make every Back to the Future fan insanely jealous of this ...

The Flyboard Air employs a special algorithm for stabilization that Zapata and his team developed. Each engine can be manipulated individually, if necessary, to change the hoverboard’s angle and ...