Over the next four weeks, BBC News will be offering a snapshot of the day in the life of a city - looking at how technology is transforming our urban landscapes, now and in the future.
Their first snapshot? What it will be like to commute by jetpack.
We start as urban dwellers around the world begin the day - with the morning commute. In the future, that may mean hailing a jetpack.
"Jetpacks will be part of future cities," Peter Coker, vice-president of innovation at KuangChi Science, Martin Aircraft Company's major Chinese shareholder.
"I see it as being the Uber of the sky."
Martin Aircraft Company, based in New Zealand, already has a working prototype that can fly at 2,800ft (850m) at 45km/h (27mph) for 28 minutes.
And Mr Coker says commuters will be able to hail an unmanned jetpack via a smartphone app.
Futurism is always fun. How would you prefer to get to work, by jetpack, Hyperloop, or VR?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 12 2017, @08:30AM
Futurism is always fun. How would you prefer to get to work, by jetpack, Hyperloop, or VR?
What is this "work" you speak of?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 12 2017, @08:52AM
that corner where you sit down to ask for money from the 1% who have it. that will be your job.
their job will be to stay alive in a world where everybody hates them.
food, clothes and shit? robots (owned by the 0.01%, and operated by the 1%).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 12 2017, @08:58AM
if people use jetpacks routinely, they have basic income
else if people do not use jetpacks routinely, no basic income
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 12 2017, @09:50AM
if people do not use jetpacks routinely in the future while enjoying basic income, it will be because all civilization was destroyed
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 12 2017, @09:35AM
I don't know about you, but I have no problems to produce shit on my own. No robots needed for that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 12 2017, @10:13AM
You can't produce shit on your own without food to eat.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Unixnut on Thursday January 12 2017, @05:15PM
You can't produce shit on your own without food to eat.
But you can produce your own food to eat, which will then allow you to produce shit on your own, and so bootstrap the eat/shit cycle.