Amelia Earhart’s Plane Believed to Have Been Found | ActionHub

Amelia Earhart’s Plane Believed to Have Been Found | ActionHub: "A recent announcement from The International Group of Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) revealed that the wreckage from Amelia Earhart’s 1937 flight might have finally been found."

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2014 Corvette stings a little harder with 460 horsepower

2014 Corvette stings a little harder with 460 horsepower: "When Chevy introduced the 2014 Corvette Stingray at the 2013 North American International Auto Show, it estimated that it would have 450 horsepower, making it the most powerful standard Corvette ever. As it turns out, it's even more powerful. Chevy released the official SAE-certified ratings this week, which show the new Corvette battling the highway with up to 460 ponies."

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Saker S-1: Military-inspired personal jet aims to reach Mach 0.99

Saker S-1: Military-inspired personal jet aims to reach Mach 0.99: "In the business world, time is money (and bragging rights). In April, the Citation X took said rights from the Gulfstream G650 with its maximum speed of Mach 0.935. Another contender could soon be on the tarmac in the form of the Saker S-1. With a design inspired by military fighter jets, US-based Saker Aircraft says its S-1 will cruise at Mach 0.95 and reach a top speed of Mach 0.99."

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WiFi-controlled multi-color light gives photos some Kick

WiFi-controlled multi-color light gives photos some Kick: "Not long ago we reviewed Photojojo’s Pocket Spotlight, a compact LED light source for use with smartphone cameras – or even with stand-alone cameras, for that matter. While the Spotlight just provides a single intensity of “white” light, the company’s new Kick is considerably fancier. It can be remotely-controlled via an iPhone app, and set to any color under the rainbow."

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Graphene-based image sensor to enhance low-light photography

Graphene-based image sensor to enhance low-light photography: "A team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore has developed a new image sensor from graphene that promises to improve the quality of images captured in low light conditions. In tests, it has proved to be 1,000 times more sensitive to light than existing complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) or charge-coupled device (CCD) camera sensors in addition to operating at much lower voltages, consequently using 10 times less energy."

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Drayson Racing sets sights on EV land speed record

Drayson Racing sets sights on EV land speed record: "When Drayson Racing Technologies and Lola Cars introduced the B12 69/EV last year, the electric race car promised to be one of the fastest of its kind. Six months later, it set a record at the Goodwood Hillclimb, and it's now gunning for an even bigger record. Drayson announced this week that it plans to make an attempt at an FIA electric land speed record within a month. It will try to best the 175 mph (282 km/h) mark that was set back in 197"

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Build model Rockets you can fly

Build model Rockets you can fly: "When I was a kid, building and flying model rockets was one of my favorite things to do. My friends and I spent many hours building the model rockets, then taking them to the park and flying them. The best thing about model rockets then and now, the cost."

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Tiny humidifier works with any water bottle

Tiny humidifier works with any water bottle: "Carrying a full-size humidifier with you when you travel isn’t particularly convenient. If you still don’t want to dry out while sleeping in your hotel room, however, there is an option. South Korea’s Amazing Grace is now offering a tiny humidifier that can be placed in whatever bottle of water is close at hand."

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Hiroshima's Optical Glass House constructed using 6,000 glass bricks

Hiroshima's Optical Glass House constructed using 6,000 glass bricks: "Architecture studio Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has designed the “Optical Glass House” in Hiroshima, Japan, that aims to acoustically protect residents from the main road outside, whilst providing light and views for the residents within."

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Genetically-engineered mosquitoes lose nose for humans

Genetically-engineered mosquitoes lose nose for humans: "It has long been believed that detecting carbon dioxide was one of the ways that mosquitoes target their human prey. But the fact that mosquitoes tend to favor certain people over others indicates that some other odor also plays a part in the attraction. Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have genetically engineered mosquitoes to alter their sense of smell, which could provide the understanding required to block the pesky pests' attraction to humans."

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Oculus Rift + Microsoft Kinect = full-on Virtual Reality?

Oculus Rift + Microsoft Kinect = full-on Virtual Reality?: "The ledge I'm standing on has a strange existential duality. In the physical realm, it's a thin strip of red, millimeters above the floor of a pristine white booth in a basement in Shoreditch, London where the 3D tinkerers and technologists (of everything from 3D film to 3D printing) at Inition keep their toys"

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Exclusive: Nerf’s Newest Gun Fires 100 Feet | Popular Science

Exclusive: Nerf’s Newest Gun Fires 100 Feet | Popular Science: "Sniping our fellow editors is a much-beloved and long-standing tradition here at Popular Science HQ. Trouble is: our long hallways leave us no escape from our all too well-armed victims. That won’t be the case for much longer; soon, we can be snipers. We got a sneak peek at the longest-range Nerf gun in history, the 100-foot-firing N-Strike Elite Centurion."

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