DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF 

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

NEW, MULTI-FLYING MODE AIRCRAFT

                                                                    Source:  Sikorsky

• 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.

NEW SCIENCE:  FAMOUS KING TUT CURSE SOLVED

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• More than 20 people died after being present when Egyptologists opened King Tut's tomb in 1922.  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 present at the opening of King Tut's Tomb
• In 1922 more than 20 people died after being present when archeologist Howard Carter opened the tomb (shown in photo)
• Now expert Russ Fellowes claims there is a scientific reason for the deaths
• The researcher'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
• Nonetheless the mystery of the Pharaoh Curse has finally been solved.

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