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FLYTE: IT’S MAGIC
FLYTE: It’s Magic!
We think that if P.T. Barnum—the great showman who gave audiences an escape from the every day—were still alive today, he would most certainly love FLYTE. This levitating lamp suspends belief by suspending a lightbulb in air, letting it magically float over a wooden base. It’s a sight to be seen, a wonder to behold!
But in the spirit of giving, we’ll let you in on the secret: FLYTE floats freely in the air via magnetic levitation and is powered wirelessly via induction. It’s designed in Sweden by a small team with big dreams: “We believe in inspiring people and getting inspired. We believe in creating stories and hearing them, imagining the impossible and make it real.”
As if getting a lightbulb to float in the air weren’t magical enough, FLYTE has another trick up its sleeve. That’s right…FLYTE is also incredibly sustainable! The bulb itself is made from shatter-resistant glass, and is an energy-efficent LED built to last a lifetime. That means it will illuminate for 50,000 hours, or 22 years at 6 hours a day. And, the wooden base is crafted from sustainably sourced oak, ash and walnut.
At a time of year when the most familiar traditions feel new again, FLYTE is the perfect gift to surprise someone special this holiday!
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The strangest 10 news the world has seen this year
The strangest 10 news the world has seen this year
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Israelis continue to attack singer Lord: Advertisements paid to insult them
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Many strange news emerged this year, and preoccupied people around the world. The news topped the list of the most readable on global sites. Here are the most interesting news stories that have sparked controversy this year:
1 child his brain grows in his nose
A few days ago, the Mirror published a news story about the boy who was born with a rare case, making him look like the famous Disney character Pinocchio, where his brain grows in his nose through a slit in his skull. He was called 'real-life Pinocchio' Pinocchio realist ". As he grew, his brain grew in his nose, forcing the 21-month-old to undergo many painful operations, to allow him to breathe. This child's news has spread to social networking sites, but his mother, Amy Paul, says her brave child was bombarded by strangers with harsh comments. They chanted that he was "ugly" or "should not have been born."
It's been an incredible year for science.
It's been an
incredible year for science.
1. The speed of gravity is pretty much identical to the speed of light! This year, for the
first time ever, scientists were able to photograph a collision between two
neutron stars. By conducting simultaneous optical and gravitational wave
observations, they were able to accurately measure the speed of gravity for the
first time.
2. A brand new human organ has been classified, and it's been hiding in plain
sight this whole time. Everyone, meet your mesentery.
3. It is mathematically possible to build an actual time machine - what's holding
us back is finding materials that can physically bend the fabric of space-time.
4. There's an entirely new type of diabetes, and most people wouldn't know they have it. The
newly classified type 3c diabetes is being misdiagnosed as type 2.
5. A mysterious blob of hot rock is building up under America's northeast. Research found a vast mass of hot
rock welling up underneath Vermont and extending into other subterranean
regions below New England.
6. Lungs don't just facilitate respiration - they also make blood. Mammalian lungs produce more than 10 million
platelets (tiny blood cells) per hour, which equates to the majority of
platelets circulating the body.
7. It's official: time crystals are a new state of matter, and we now have an actual blueprint to
create these "impossible" objects at will.
8. The brain literally starts eating itself when it doesn't get enough sleep. When we sleep
normally, our brains clear away the neural debris from the day's activity. But
when we're sleep deprived this process goes into overdrive, causing the brain
to clear away significant amount of neurons and synaptic connections.
8. Vantablack - the blackest material known to science - now comes
in a handy 'spray-on' form and it's the weirdest thing we've seen so far
this year.
9. Direct counterfactual quantum communication is possible! In 2017, scientists
achieved quantum communication without particle transmission for the first time
ever. It's a big deal because this type of communication had long been
theorised, but never demonstrated before.
10. The world's first semi-synthetic organisms are living among us - scientists have given rise to new lifeforms
using an expanded, six-letter genetic code.
11. Siberia has a colossal crater called the 'doorway to the
underworld', and its permafrost is melting so fast, ancient forests are being exposed
for the first time in 200,000 years.
12. Carl Sagan was freakishly good at predicting the future - his disturbingly accurate description of a world where pseudoscience and
scientific illiteracy reigns gave us all moment for pause.
13. A single giant neuron that wraps around the entire circumference of a
mouse's brain has been identified, and it appears to be linked to mammalian
consciousness.
14. The world's rarest and most ancient dog isn't extinct after all - in fact, the outrageously handsome New Guinea
highland wild dog appears to be thriving.
15. Your appendix might
not be the useless evolutionary byproduct after all. Unlike your wisdom teeth,
your appendix might actually be serving an important biological function - and one that our species isn't
ready to give up just yet.
16. After 130 years, we might have to completely redraw the dinosaur family
tree, thanks to a previously unimportant cat-sized fossil from Scotland.
18. Earth appears to have a whole new continent called Zealandia, which would wreak havoc on all those textbooks and atlases we've got
lying around.
19. Humans have had a bigger impact on Earth's geology than the
infamous Great Oxidation Event 2.3 billion years ago, and now scientists are
calling for a new geological epoch - the Anthropocene - to be officially
recognised.
20. Turns out, narwhals - the precious unicorns of the sea - use their horns
for hunting. But not how you'd think.
21. Human activity has literally changed the space surrounding our planet -
decades of Very Low Frequency (VLF) radio communications have accidentally
formed a protective, human-made bubble around Earth.
22. Farmers routinely feed red Skittles to their cattle, because it's a
cheap alternative to corn. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
23. It's possible to reverse some types of brain damage caused by a lack of
oxygen. In July, scientists treated a two-year-old girl who had drowned in a swimming pool
and been resuscitated. She had severe brain damage, but the researchers were
able to significantly improve her condition thanks to a course of oxygen
treatments.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Food safety expert warns latest bizarre Silicon Valley $37 'raw water' trend could quickly turn deadly
Food safety expert warns latest bizarre Silicon Valley $37 'raw water' trend could quickly turn deadly
- Silicon Valley is developing an obsession with untreated, unfiltered water, according to the New York Times.
- However, a food poisoning expert says that the trend is dangerous — and could be deadly.
- "Raw" water can spread bacteria and diseases including cholera, E. coli, Hepatitis A, and Giardia.
When food safety expert Bill Marler saw The New York Times' trend piece on Silicon Valley's recent obsession with "raw water," he thought he was reading a headline from satire publication The Onion.
According to The Times, demand for unfiltered water is skyrocketing, as tech-industry insiders develop a taste for water that hasn't been treated to prevent the spread of bacteria or other contaminants.
In San Francisco, "unfiltered, untreated, un-sterilized spring water" is selling for $36.99 for a 2.5 gallon jug. Startups dedicated to untreated water are popping up. People — including startup Juicero's cofounder Doug Evans — are gathering gallons of untreated water from natural springs to bring to Burning Man.
Tourmaline Spring sells an untreated water as "sacred, living water"Tourmaline Spring
While Evans and other fans say raw water is perfect for those who are "extreme about health," Marler — a food safety advocate and attorney — says the opposite is true.
"Almost everything conceivable that can make you sick can be found in water," Marler told Business Insider.
Unfiltered, untreated water — even from the cleanest streams — can contain animal feces, spreading Giardia, which has symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea and results in roughly 4,600 hospitalizations a year. Hepatitis A, which resulted in 20 deaths in a California outbreakin 2017, can be spread through water if it isn't treated. E. coli and cholera can also be transmitted via untreated water.
Because filtered, treated water has become the norm, Marler says, most people don't realize how dangerous "raw" water can be.
"The diseases that killed our great-grandparents were completely forgotten about," he said.
Most Americans don't personally know anyone who died of Hepatitis A or cholera, thanks to advances in technology and more stringent safety standards. As a result, they had a hard time realizing the risks involved in consuming untreated water.
"It's fine till some 10-year-old girl dies a horrible death from cholera in Montecito, California," Marler said.
According to Marler, the raw water trend is similar to people's obsession with raw milk or opposition to vaccines. While they lack scientific evidence, they are convinced that they are correct, in part because they have failed to see the repercussions of life without scientific advances.
"You can't stop consenting adults from being stupid," Marler said. "But, we should at least try."
- Silicon Valley is developing an obsession with untreated, unfiltered water, according to the New York Times.
- However, a food poisoning expert says that the trend is dangerous — and could be deadly.
- "Raw" water can spread bacteria and diseases including cholera, E. coli, Hepatitis A, and Giardia.
When food safety expert Bill Marler saw The New York Times' trend piece on Silicon Valley's recent obsession with "raw water," he thought he was reading a headline from satire publication The Onion.
According to The Times, demand for unfiltered water is skyrocketing, as tech-industry insiders develop a taste for water that hasn't been treated to prevent the spread of bacteria or other contaminants.
In San Francisco, "unfiltered, untreated, un-sterilized spring water" is selling for $36.99 for a 2.5 gallon jug. Startups dedicated to untreated water are popping up. People — including startup Juicero's cofounder Doug Evans — are gathering gallons of untreated water from natural springs to bring to Burning Man.
Tourmaline Spring sells an untreated water as "sacred, living water"Tourmaline Spring
While Evans and other fans say raw water is perfect for those who are "extreme about health," Marler — a food safety advocate and attorney — says the opposite is true.
"Almost everything conceivable that can make you sick can be found in water," Marler told Business Insider.
Unfiltered, untreated water — even from the cleanest streams — can contain animal feces, spreading Giardia, which has symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea and results in roughly 4,600 hospitalizations a year. Hepatitis A, which resulted in 20 deaths in a California outbreakin 2017, can be spread through water if it isn't treated. E. coli and cholera can also be transmitted via untreated water.
Because filtered, treated water has become the norm, Marler says, most people don't realize how dangerous "raw" water can be.
"The diseases that killed our great-grandparents were completely forgotten about," he said.
Most Americans don't personally know anyone who died of Hepatitis A or cholera, thanks to advances in technology and more stringent safety standards. As a result, they had a hard time realizing the risks involved in consuming untreated water.
"It's fine till some 10-year-old girl dies a horrible death from cholera in Montecito, California," Marler said.
According to Marler, the raw water trend is similar to people's obsession with raw milk or opposition to vaccines. While they lack scientific evidence, they are convinced that they are correct, in part because they have failed to see the repercussions of life without scientific advances.
"You can't stop consenting adults from being stupid," Marler said. "But, we should at least try."