The craft is about 2 metres tall, and the pilot must stand to fly it. This isn't the first attempt at building a personal flying vehicle. In the early 1970s The American Rocket Belt Corp was working on a rocket belt, similar to the one in the James Bond movie Thunderball. The rocket belt never took off - it could only keep its wearer airborn for 30 seconds at a time. It is not surprising that most car accidents occur at night.
Poor visibility makes it difficult to avoid pedestrians, cyclists and animals.
Brighter headlights would not be a good solution to this problem because they would blind oncoming drivers. In the future, cars will be equipped with ultraviolet lights. UV light is invisible to the human eye, and reflects well off fluorescent material. The glow will give drivers an early warning that there are people ahead. Ornithopter Artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci said that in theory, a machine that flies by flapping its wings like a bird could be built.