>why did the flyboard wait until 2012 to be invented? I don't know that there's a significant technical advance in it. technically it has already been availabl

>why did the flyboard wait until 2012 to be invented? I don't know that there's a significant technical advance in it. technically it has already been available for a long time, just at a very different price point : https://youtu.be/uXNNc_HFodI?t=486 https://youtu.be/uXNNc_HFodI?t=486 Like drones and private space (SpaceX/etc) it is all about cheap&powerful electronics mostly and the good economy with a lot of money available for R&D at all levels.