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Popular Science photographer John Carnett builds a four-wheeler with a screaming Garrett turbine jet engine

Built around a Polaris RZR all-terrain vehicle, John Carnett's homemade machine tops out at just over 60 mph powered by its 87-pound Garrett GTP 30-67 tubine jet engine. The project took Carnett 10 months to build at a cost of more than $15,000.Read More

Studios are using virtual backgrounds from around the world

Founded in 1989 by distinguished cinematographer Sam Nicholson, Stargate Studios was conceived as a high tech production company offering visual effects and production services to the film and television industries. They have created some amazing chroma key greenscreen digital compositing, where studio sets can be used with virtual backgrounds from all over the world.Read More

New metal foam material absorbs seven to eight times the energy absorbed by similar foams

Uncompressed and Compressed Metal Foam

Aerospace engineering professor Afsaneh Rabiei set out to make a material as light as aluminum and stronger than stainless steel. Her goal was to create something that could be used in products that would save lives, save energy and eventually save money, all at the same time.Read More

BMW Oracle Racing hopes using a wing for a sail will help its BOR 90 win the America’s Cup race later this month

This year, the rules have all but disappeared for competitors in the world’s oldest international trophy competition, the America’s Cup sailing race. Motorized sails are fine, the single-hull rule is out, and in the case of the BMW Oracle Racing team’s boat, even sails are optional. Instead, they hope the largest wing ever constructed could catch enough wind to win the America’s Cup.Read More

Fuel cell powered exoskeleton allows loads of up to 200 lbs for extended periods of time and over all terrains

A radical powered exoskeleton under development for use by the US military will be fitted with fuel-cell power supplies which will increase its endurance from hours to days - and furnish juice for the burgeoning load of electronics carried by modern soldiers.Read More

Electromagnetic Pulse Cannon Demos Car-Stopping Power

Stopping a speeding car without killing its driver and passengers with traditional means - bullets - can prove tricky, even if skilled snipers can put a disabling shot in a car's engine block. But a Canadian company could soon demo an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) cannon capable of effectively scrambling a car's chips and other electronics, according to Flight International.Read More

Transparent top glass pool table replaces traditional felt

Promoted as the most advanced pool table in the world, the pricey Nottage Design G1 glass pool table features a glass and resin playing structure and modern design. The patented transparent playing surface replaces traditional felt but maintains the same ball speed. Bumpers, pockets and playing area are built to International Billiard standards.Read More

Wireless car starter project starts car using a cell phone

Fed up with his frigid car, Aaron installed a remote starter to warm the car up before he got to it. This didn’t help at his work because his car was parked several hundred feet from his office - outside the range of his OEM starter. Aaron decided to make his starter work with GSM so he could start his car with a phone call from any distance.Read More

A solar eclipse that reduced the sun to a blazing ring surrounding a black disk has entered the record books as the longest annular eclipse for 1000 years.Read More

Sophisticated mind-reading scanners may soon be a part of airport security

Security experts say that a new approach to airport security involves using mind-reading scanners to determine the travelers intentions. One such mind-reading scanner, produced by WeCU Technology, is already in development.

The device uses images projected onto airport security screens that only a terrorist would likely recognize.Read More