Magnetic levitation isn’t new, but Lexus uses the technology to great effect for its hoverboard. Just don’t expect to ride one anytime soon, write Craig Trudell and Yuki Hagiwara

Electronic pulse signals reportedly detected by a Chinese ship in the southern Indian Ocean are consistent with those of an aircraft black box, the Australian-led joint agency co-ordinating the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner said.

Six more bodies were recovered from the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France jet crashed, as the race to find the black boxes and gather key evidence from human remains and debris gained urgency.