Where's my jetpack got to? We are still waiting for the retro-futuristic tech and social revolutions envisioned in science fiction's old gold, writes Annalee Newitz "You might still be waiting for your jetpacks. There is a game some people like to play when thinking about the future. Call it "Where's my jetpack?" We pore over science fiction from years past (often the years when we were impressionable kids) and ask: "Why didn't we get all the cool stuff we were promised?"

Following dozens of drone sightings -- and a handful of reports of a "guy in a jetpack" -- near Los Angeles International Airport, the Transportation Security Administration will test new technology to spot, track and identify drones in restricted airspace. The federally funded program would make LAX only the second airport using the "state-of-the-art technology," which is also being tested at Miami International Airport, with plans to expand across the country, according to the TSA's announcement Thursday. There have been 38 drone sightings this year at LAX, including one within 700 feet of an aircraft, according to the TSA. Since last year, there have been 90 visual sightings and 5,200 technical detections of drones within three miles of LAX. "While there are many beneficial uses for drones in our society, it is becoming far too common that drones are sighted near airports, which presents significant security risks and unnecessary disruptions to the traveling public," Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Downey) said in a statement.

Ever since he was a kid in Sweden, Peter Ternström wanted to make a sci-fi-style flying machine. In 1983 he saw Return of the Jedi five times and dreamed of zooming through the forest of Endor on a levitating speeder. But as a smart young nerd he quickly realized a hovering vehicle wasn't possible. "There was no propulsion system that worked," he recalls with a sigh. Sure, people had been trying to make personal flying devices for decades--most notably jetpacks.

The first major No Man's Sky patch of the year has arrived. Among other things, Hello Games says the Sentinel update improves the space exploration sim's AI and introduces a buildable AI mech. You can put an AI pilot in your Exomech and have it follow you and help out in battles. Players can build a drone companion too. As the name suggests, the update brings in changes for the Sentinels, robots that will attack if you try to change an environment or they catch you on a planet that hosts rare items.

Machine learning is coming to the masses, and those hordes of DIY drones and robots are about to get a whole lot smarter. On Monday at Nvidia's GTC conference, the company plans to reveal the $99 Jetson Nano Developer Kit. The kit is an expansion of the company's "Jetson" embedded graphics platform, and it aims to infuse your wildest maker projects with AI that the Raspberry Pi could only dream of. It'll be available immediately online, through distributors, and at GTC itself. The Jetson Nano Developer Kit is a standalone version of the new Jetson Nano AI computer also announced today.

Anthem seeks to infuse co-operative shooting with the nuanced storytelling that has made its developer, BioWare, one of the world's most respected – and in doing so, it takes copious notes from Bungie's colourful sci-fi shooter Destiny. It's an intriguing gamble, but sadly, Anthem proves to be depressingly hollow. Initially all seems well, as Anthem sensibly front-loads its strongest features. The game takes place on an alien planet subject to perpetual cataclysms, and players assume the role of heroic mercenaries, using their powerful Javelin mech suits to fight the dangerous creatures that appear in their wake. This world is visually stunning, beyond almost anything we've seen in the current generation of video games.

Last night I had a daily challenge pop up on my Fortnite: Battle Royale account asking me to eliminate four players with shotguns, and I haven't gotten to it yet. I think I may just wait for tomorrow, because shotguns will be readily available in the upcoming "Close Encounters" Limited Time Mode, which starts tomorrow, likely at 4:00 a.m. Close Encounters sounds a little bit like Tequila Sunrise, a limited time mode that ran in PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds recently but with one major addition: Jetpacks. Weapon drops will be limited to shotguns, which were already one of the most popular weapon types in the game. Tactical and Pump Action shotguns will spawn as floor loot, with Heavy Shotguns and Jetpacks reserved for chests and supply drops. We assume that shells won't exactly be hard to come by.

Yesterday, Fortnite: Battle Royale finally got its jetpacks. For a little bit I thought Epic had abandoned the idea and folded the jetpack mechanic into the hop rocks it introduced alongside Season 4, but apparently they were still alive and waiting for the moment to hit the game. Jetpacks are part of a new loot category called backpacks: items that take up an inventory space but have some sort of persistent ability that's different from a regular weapon or consumable. They're chaotic fun, like the best Fortnite items: they have limited fuel and don't negate fall damage, so I managed to kill myself as soon as I grabbed one. Though in my defense I was already in the storm.

Jetpacks will be arriving in'Fortnite' very soon. Jetpacks are finally, officially blasting off in Fortnite. Epic Games first announced the arrival of jetpacks way back in February, but since then the closest thing we've seen to that are hop rocks. Today, a new in-game update confirms earlier leaks that jetpacks will finally be arriving in Fortnite any day now. It seems likely that they will be included in tomorrow's update, but almost certainly before the start of Week 5 next week.

JetPack Aviation, the firm behind the'world's only true jetpack,' has unveiled its latest prototype at CES in Las Vegas. The team showed off a massive new design geared toward short, fast trips using six turbo jet engines to travel over 150 miles an hour. JetPack Aviation teamed up with Insta360 to show off the upcoming JB11 jetpack at the Las Vegas Convention Center. JetPack Aviation, the firm behind the'world's only true jetpack,' has unveiled its latest prototype at CES in Las Vegas. JetPack Aviation's creations are capable of vertical take-off and landing, unlike other types of wearable flight systems.