ÖREBRO, SWEDEN  (Team Geared Up) - The future has arrived! Forget waiting in traffic in the mornings, jet-packs have become a reality once again. (Altho they have made apparences before)

For the low price of $250,000 you can have a go for a 3 minute ride ($1,388/sec) but free training is included! But wait! They are working on a new version for the cheaper price of $200,000 for a 19 minute ride ($175/sec)!

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Link: Jet Pack International
via & image credit: Cool Business Ideas

-Darran-

This model plane has been modified to become a drone aircraft running on autopilot with a Lego brain!

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Chris Anderson of The Long Tail fame has built a DIY Drone model plane controlled by Lego with his young son. It has Lego Technics cogs inside controlling the rudder, elevator and ailerons using the Lego MindStorms processor for navigation.

Let me repeat - this thing is autopilot - they’ve programmed it to stabilize itself by detecting tilt, and it navigates by using a compass sensor to know direction. They give the clever MindStorm Lego brick waypoints to follow and off it goes. Their next step is to integrate a Bluetooth GPS unit for greater accuracy and programming ease.

They’ve hung a camera from the bottom of it that supplies a live wireless video feed back to the ground, and Chris has taken the video and YouTubed it (see above). There’s more on GeekDad.com.

-Robin-

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Irish start up company TouristR.com has launched their beta in public. Sign up here.

TouristR lets you share your travel experiences and travel tips with users, who then can create itinerary’s made form them.

Congratulations to Wannita & Jan for getting this live.

-Robin-

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Who’ll be the first to make it to the North Pole on a Segway? Ok, granted you’ll need some whopping solar panels to re-charge, but it’s becoming a reality!

Segway have launched an Offroad/Adventure Transporter version of their popular San Francisco sci-fi commuter device. For those wondering, you lean forward to accelerate!

In a strange way - I want one!

Solar Bag with a built in solar panel. This will be great on rucksacks, no? Charge your torch/iPod while walking.

Freediver Loic Leferme Dies. Haven’t all the world record holders died? He had dived to 171m with no supplemental oxygen. Wow.

Doggy first aid kit for mountaineering. Hmmm.

WHISTLER, BC (Geared Up Blog) - Shock Absorbing sports bras are a great invention for the ladies out there, as well as those men with man-boobs. Gizmodo have found a website who for a company that have created a Bounce-ometer.

The Bounce-ometer allows you to input your cup size and level of activity. It then shows you a recommended support level by comparing completely (NSFW) naked breasts, a normal bra, and ultimately the Shock Absorber sports bra!

As the number one sports bra manufacturer, we felt it our duty to educate women on the importance of wearing the correct support. And what better way than showing you exactly how breasts move when women run - from cup sizes A to G.

Bounce-ometer - NSFW

WHISTLER, BC (Geared Up Blog) - One for all those cyclists out there. Say goodbye to that cold morning and rainy day feeling and with the DryBike Weathershield. Put them on your handlebars to keep your hands toasty and dry!

Carefully constructed from durable materials, these waterproof, breatheable, insulated covers offer superb comfort and warmth for your hands during inclement weather riding. The form allows for easy access to handlebars, breaks, and shifters. Not only do they keep your hands dry, but they block out the wind chill that ordinary gloves don’t.

Product Page via Red Ferret

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - Industrial designer Taylor Welden wrote to us about featuring his Yeago 3500 concept pack. Aside from being innovative in sustainability by use of new eco-friendly materials and reducing unnecessary waste and energy in the manufacturing process, the pack has many innovations in pack design as well; such as the “1-second” rainfly, dual strap hipbelt to fit several different users and quick removal shoulder straps.

Yeago is a full-featured, rugged and lightweight backpack that helps keep our outdoors around to enjoy; through material selection, manufacturing processes, and product use.

View the Yeago gallery in Taylor’s Portfoilo, the pack is currently on display at the SCAD: Gulfstream Center of Design in Savannah, GA.

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - We’re pleased to launch the first of our new sub-domains sell.TeamGearedUp.com.

We hope to allow you to fund your next adventure by using our site as a marketplace. It’s all free of course - so get in there and post up all your gear for sale.

It gets better - all listings are mirrored around the world on other sites. So don’t worry - we’ll sell it for you! Apart from that - anything really good for sale, we’ll feature here on the homepage! Lots of attention for you.

There’s a ‘Wanted’ section too: so do give it a shot. You may even pick up a bargain. I’ve a lovely new -17c RAB Down Bag this winter through a similar listings site.

Get going, post your kit up sell.TeamGearedUp.com.

Would you like to sell something? Click here to add a listing.

WHISTLER, BC (Geared Up Blog) - Engadget are featuring a new concept in ski gloves. Internal Warmers!

The heat is powered by two flat, lightweight Li-ion batteries, which can purportedly provide a hand-based oven for “around five hours” before needing to hit up the lodge for a quick recharge. There’s even an onboard selector / LED indicator to switch from constant heat to “temperature-defined heating”

I for one would be willing to pay a fair bit of money for a pair of these. I have experienced super cold mornings (-27°C) on the slopes and your fingers take the brunt of the pain.

They will be launched by Reusch (the guys behind the iPod gloves) at the ispo in Munich next week.

With a healthy education in outdoor activities children and adults are better prepared for outdoor excursions.