I don’t know what it says about humanity that we keep making robots with the express purpose of cleaning something. Anyway, here’s one more, the Magnetic Automatic Aquarium Glass Cleaner, the robot that cleans the sides of aquariums.
Most people don’t work well in dead silence. We need some sort of noise, something to ground us to the greater world, even if we’re just ignoring it. Music isn’t everyone’s jam though. If that’s you, check out MyNoise, the website that’s a custom noise machine.
As the weather issues become more extreme in the coming years, it will become as important as ever to be able to predict the changes in weather so that communities and individuals can plan accordingly for their safety. Too bad climate change is going to make even that difficult.
This is a little bit more grizzly than we usually talk about, but it’s very important. Climate change is exposing bodies on Everest and as gory as that news is, it’s also really, really bad news. The exposure of the bodies is a grim reminder of the how desperate our environmental situation has become.
The weather is getting warmer and you know what that means. The insects are coming back. Flies will start infesting your home if you happen to live in a place where flies are a problem. Which is everywhere. Get a work out while you take them out with the Executioner Fly Swatter.
Remember when spam used to come in the actual mail? Those were the days. Now we’re all getting digital spam mail, sometimes hundreds a day in the form of coupons, newsletters, and who knows what else. Unsubscribe from them with Leave Me Alone, the site that helps you dump spam.
Air travel is a source of emissions that no one really has a good answer for. Scientists in China may be close though with a process that uses plant waste to create aviation fuel which could lead to the deduction in CO2 from planes.
Reading the news can be scary. Our practical minds know that headlines are meant to pull us in and articles are written with bias. In a perfect world we’ll do our research but sometimes we just don’t have the time. When it comes to science articles, Science Feedback is the site that sorts out the news so you know what to trust.
