Solar Powered Bike- eco friendly

picture compliments of ecogeek.org.

Before I showed you the solar umbrella.
Now there is a solar powered bike.
The bike automatically charges the batteries on the bike for later use. It can go up to 19 miles an hour.
You really don't need to go more than that do to safety concerns.
The bike sells for $1,295 and there is a conversion kit for your current bike that costs $795.
I like the conversion kit idea. Wouldn't want to fill up those landfills any faster.

Go to there website for more info:
http://www.therapyproducts.com/products_sunnybike.html

It would be nice to get some feed back on anyone who owns this bike.

Solar or wind Energy- which is better for you ?

Ever wanted to create your own energy for your home but didn't know which way to go wind solar?
Or didn't know how much kilowatts you would get?
A website was created that lets you put in your address and it shows you on a google map what would be best for your location.
That is so cool.
It also show you the incentives you would get from the government.
Go to this site
http://www.chooserenewables.com

and type in your info where it says Can "Generate Clean Energy"

Eating Avocados maybe good for oral health

According to a Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center study, eating avocados may help prevent oral cancer.
It was not an extensive test but it did show some promise.

Avocados are full of beneficial antioxidants and phytonutrients.
To read more go here

Firstborns are smarter...

Guess what I will tell my younger brother?
I found scientific proof that the first born is the smartest of the siblings.
On average of course.
According to a New York Times article, this is the case.
But, the younger siblings have carved out a niche for themselves in the family also.
Younger siblings tend to be more adventurous.
Also, some of the greatest scientists where younger siblings, like Charles Darwin and Nicolaus Copernicus.

Read this article for more info

When good people do brave things - Egyptian scientist praises Israel

I was having lunch with a co-worker today talking about politics, Middle Eastern that is. It was my opinion that sooner or later there won't be an Israel if the current political pressures and demographic outlook doesn't change (seems like both are anti-Israel). My co-worker said that it will not be so. (He's a Japanese-American).

After work, I read an article on Mohammed Sayed Saber an Egyptian engineer accused of spying for the Mossad, had praised Israel in court. This is truly inspiring. There was no politics to his courtroom speech. He was saying what he felt, even at the cost of his own freedom. This is truely a brave and self-less act. Unlike the judge, Mohammed Reda Shwakat, who upon hearing the speech called him to the bench, so that the courtroom will become silent of the truth.

The speech, in its core, was a comparison of the society he lives in (Egyptian) and of the society he rather live in (Israeli).

Egyptian Charged As Spy Praises Israel

Throat Singing

I will start of May with throat singing.
I was playing around on the internet when I found something very interesting.
The sound was so strong and almost cuts through your soul.
It was very vivid for me, and reminded me of a sound a Buddhist would create.
This sound is produced by a technique called "Throat singing".
It is an unusual but pleasant sound.

Here is a link to the first song I heard which might be my favorite one.
It is performed by Amyr Akchin from the Altai region of Siberia : Altai Kai Throat Singing
You have to listen to the whole thing.

This guys is showing off his throat singing ability to some Americans,from what
I can tell from the video. He is pretty good: Mongolian Throat-singing, dissected

Here is a link of a guy who makes wobbly sounds (due to lack of a better term I am using wobbly ). To me it sounds wobbly

Here is a link that has more info. on throat singing: khoomei

Do it yourself

Solar Powered Beach Umbrella

This is one of the neatest things I found.
A solar powered beach umbrella.
Go to the beach with your umbrella bring a radio, ipod, ebook or whatever else and just plug it in.

Solar Powered Beach Umbrella

Beer Launcher: Follow-Up

I had a comment for the beer launcher(Cool Gadgets) blog to follow up with other cool beer relate videos. So here are some of my favorite.

Hope you like them.
The Beer-Launching Refrigerator - The guy who created the beer launcher on the David Letterman Show.

HOWTO: Open A Beer Bottle With A Piece Of Paper


Beer Makes Women Beautiful

Beer Pong Masters


Mythbusters Science plus Beer equals good

100 % Beer!! Commercial- I guess sports is sometimes more important


Educational Beer Video

Memory Can Be Selectively Wiped Out

At least that is what a team of American and French Scientists claim.
The test subjects were rats and the test was simple.

But, it does show a correlation if not a causation between the drug given to the rats and there behavior after hearing a sound which they previously associated with an electric shock.

This is a good start but different types of memories should be tested.
It might be just that this drug can selectively wipe out audial memory. Let's see what happens when trying to selectively wipe out visual or another sensory memory or a combination of other memories.

My feeling is that the more senses you have that contribute to a specific memory the harder it is to selectively wipe out.

Article on the experiment

Semi-Identical Twins

Somewhere, between identical and fraternal twins lies semi-identical twins.
Identical twins share the same egg and sperm cell. Fraternal twins don't share the same egg or sperm cell but rather are born at the same time. Semi-fraternal twins share the same egg cell but a different sperm cell.

Wow, this is so fascinating. I wonder how many people think they are identical or fraternal twins but might be semi-fraternal twins.

Researcher's recently discovered this.

Semi-Fraternal Twins Discovered