Pulsar VC
1 min readMay 19, 2018

The Industrial track of Acceleration Program Pulsar VC 2018 collects startups, inspired by the idea of ​​making a person’s daily life more comfortable. At the same time, foreign experience shows that, being carried away by a beautiful idea, the creators of gadgets don’t often take into consideration the potential of using their application in real life.

So, students of the University of Tokyo introduced the Lunavity jetpack, capable of lifting a man in the air for several meters. The construction consists of a knapsack with batteries and a system of screws arranged in a circle above the head of the jetpack carrier. Expediency has been invented so far in doubt, but the creators claim that it will be useful for older people and people with disabilities. Can Lucky become a replacement for more expensive, but much safer exoskeletons or will remain a toy of dubious purpose, while it is difficult to say.