High-tech suit with five jet engines lets you fly like Iron Man
Are you looking for an expensive and dangerous DIY project that marries your love of engineering and comic books? Do you want to shorten your commute time while simultaneously making your neighbors think that you are a superhero? Have you considered constructing a self-propelled suit like the one sported by Iron Man? This might sound unrealistic, but one company has created, patented, and tested a super suit, complete with five jet engines, that allows the wearer to soar through the air. In a recent video, YouTuber the Hacksmith tests out Gravity Industries’ 1,000 hp jet suit.
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Alexis GajewskiAlexis Gajewski
Senior Content Strategist
Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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