Dubai’s cops and paramedics may have been grabbing all the attention with their rather swish motors in recent years, but now it’s the turn of the city’s firefighters to try out the cool stuff. Not a ...

Yves "Jetman" Rossy has taken his custom-built jetpack to Dubai for a daring flight around the city. Flying in tandem with skydiver Vince Reffet, the pair spiral, dive and climb through the skies in a ...

They promised us all jetpacks — these guys got them and took them to one of the world’s most remarkable locales. And you get to ride along if you dare. The latest eye-popping (and possibly ...

It was only in June that the New Zealand-based Martian Jetpack Company announced its commercial-rated jetpack would be available in 2016 for anyone willing to pony up the price tag of $150,000-200,000 ...

If you spent any time poking around online this morning, you probably have already seen the jaw-dropping video of a couple of guys in jetpacks flying with a jet 4,000 feet over Dubai (If not, check it ...

Centuries before Superman took to the sky to save the imperiled and compromised, real men all over the world had attempted to fly. Just 148 years after the kite was invented in China in 1000 B.C.E., ...

Applications to be firefighters in Dubai could be about to climb to new heights, as firefighters are being given actual, working jetpacks. Lt Col Ali Almutawa from Dubai's Civil Defence unit said the ...

If Jetman Dubai has its way, you’ll soon be able to reenact Tony Stark’s on-screen exploits in real life. No, the company isn’t readying a new set of facial grooming products. Instead, it’s reached a ...

An incredible new video shows Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet flying over Dubai with jetpacks at 124 miles per hour. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of ...

James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Dubai’s firefighters could one day use jetpacks to tackle blazes in high-rise buildings. The oil ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Pilots lined up on a runway in Dubai on Wednesday and fired up their seven jet engines with an ear-splitting roar. But they weren’t preparing to fly an airplane — they ...