DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane, Journalist
DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF
By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane
NEW SCIENCE: FAMOUS KING TUT CURSE REVEALED
- More than 20 people have died who opened King Tut's tomb. Their deaths are all attributed to the legendary Pharaoh's Curse that goes back 3000 years. Now a scientist claims to know the real cause. Here's what we know:
- The famous Pharaoh's Curse seems to befall anyone who opens King Tut's Tomb
- Since 1922 more than 20 people died after being present when the tomb was opened
- Now an expert claims there is a scientific reason for the deaths
- The scientist's finding: the deaths occurred from radiation poisoning from elements containing uranium, and toxic waste deliberately put inside the vault
- Exposure to the uranium likely caused cancers
- Interestingly, ancient people knew how dangerous the toxins were as evidenced by inscriptions found inside burials
- King Tut died at the age of 18 years old in roughly 1300 BC
- King Tut may not have been exactly a catch: more than 2000 computer scans have shown that he had buck teeth, a clawed foot and girlish hips.
NEW, MULTI-FLYING MODE AIRCRAFT
- Sikorsky has been successfully testing a revolutionary plane concept - a rotor blown wing plane - that has multiple modes of flying. Here's what we know:
- It's a hybrid-powered VTOL that takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter
- It's also a tiltrotor that tilts over to fly forward with its wings
- Rotors blow air over the wings to give it lift
- Sikorsky says the hybrid-electric motors make the aircraft less complex, more efficient, safer and much more compelling
- The rotor blown wing concept began as a DARPA X-plane project, funded in part by the US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency
- It's been intensively tested for more than a year with potential customers like the US Army and others watching with interest
- Sikorsky is owned by Lockheed.
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