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Published on Leave a comment on These Biological Batteries Generate Renewable Energy From The Ground

BY ADELE PETERS – FastCompany.Com

Inline-Bioo-Panel - Latest Discovery - Renewable Energy

Bioo uses microorganisms in the soil to power lights—and maybe one day, your whole house.

In a park on the Spanish island of Ibiza, a prototype for new renewable energy isn’t a huge spinning turbine or a field of solar panels. Instead, it’s partially hidden underground: a biological battery that is generating energy from the soil itself.

Pablo Vidarte, the 24-year-old founder of Bioo, the biotech startup developing the panel, started thinking about the concept in a dream. “In the dream, I asked, is it possible to treat the leaves of a plant as a solar panel?” he says. “The short answer is no. But there are ways in which you can actually treat nature as a battery to produce energy for yourself without harming [the environment].”

A Natural Earth Solution Aye? | Credit Bioo

As it rains, or when the ground is irrigated, nutrients and microorganisms leach from the soil into the new biological battery. Inside the battery, microorganisms feeding on organic matter produce protons and electrons, sending electrons to the anode and protons to the cathode.…

Published on Leave a comment on What Is A Hug Curtain? Like To Hug Family And Friends Safely? Find Out!

IF YOU HAVE BEEN MISSING HUGS WITH YOUR LOVED ONES, THERE IS A REALLY NIFTY IDEA THAT A NURSING HOME IN BRAZIL CAME UP WITH WHICH STARTED A CRAZE. IN THIS POST, YOU WILL SEE THE ARTICLE AND A FEW YOUTUBE LINKS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO TRIED THIS. EVERYONE LOVES THESE STORIES - ME ESPECIALLY. SHALL WE GO?

"Hug Curtains" Keeping Families Close

SEE THEM ALL ON GOOGLE IMAGES - LOTS OF DIFFERENT ONES WITH NICE STORIES AND VIDEOS. ENJOY!

The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially hard on elderly people, a Senior Home in Brazil Creates ‘Hug Tunnel’ So Visitors Can Embrace Their Loved Ones

By Good News Network -Jun 24, 2020

 Good News Network

Many have been advised to strictly adhere to stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines.

For those living in care facilities, this has meant that friends and loved ones cannot even visit them in person.

But, a care home in Brazil has come up with a creative solution, allowing seniors to connect with their loved ones while still keeping them safe from infection.

For 28 seniors living in isolation since March 17 at the Três Figueiras home in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, Mother’s Day came and went without any visitors—and the loving staff noticed that spirits were at an all-time low.…

Published on Leave a comment on 3 Exercises That Build Mental Strength In Just 5 Minutes A Day – Two Great Articles!

By Amy Morin

Mental Strength Trainer And Host Of The Mentally Strong People Podcast

Whether you’re tempted to give in to that craving for a cupcake, or you’re about to give up on your goals, perseverance isn’t easy. But before you blame your lack of God-given willpower and before you make an excuse for your less than stellar performance, consider this; it only takes a few minutes a day to build the mental muscle you need to reach your greatest potential.

Building mental strength is similar to building physical strength. Doing 50 push ups a day would only take a few minutes of your time, but doing it consistently would help you build a tremendous amount of upper body strength.

The same can be said with your mental muscle. In just a few minutes each day, you can train your brain to think differently, manage your emotions, and behave productively. With consistent exercise, you’ll build mental strength.

While there are many exercises that can help you grow stronger, here are three exercises that will help you build mental muscle in five minutes or less:

1. Identify three things you’re grateful for.…

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Published on 1 Comment on Bunny Language And Memory – Learning The Secrets Helps With Bonding

IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING HAVING A BUNNY FOR A PET OR ALREADY HAVE ONE, IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THESE THINGS. BUNNIES HAVE A LANGUAGE OF THEIR OWN, JUST LIKE WE DO, AND OTHER CREATURES.

THIS POST WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE LITTLE MOVEMENTS THEY MAKE - HOW TO INTERPRET THEM AND ALSO DESCRIBES THEIR MEMORIES. BUNNIES HAVE GOOD MEMORIES, SO WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL. READING THESE TWO ARTICLES FROM Petsial.Com WILL HELP YOU RELATE AND BOND WITH YOUR BUNNY/BUNNIES. THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT TO PUPPIES AND KITTENS - BUNNY BONDING IS SO IMPORTANT, THEY CAN LEARN TO TRUST YOU BETTER WHEN YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO THEIR NEEDS.

Ways to Speak Rabbit and Communicate with Your Bunny

For the sake of this post, keep in mind that we are focused on reading your rabbits language and signs that they are showing you or trying to communicate.

The Importance of Bunny Communication

Recognizing these signals and communications from your rabbit is 100% necessary and an obligation of yours and yours only.

Bunnies are extremely social and have basic needs as we do.

Ignoring specific signals or behaviors may leave your bunny feeling neglected or not loved.…

Published on Leave a comment on Scientists Turn Plastic Bottles Into Nanomaterials For Battery Storage

By Joshua S Hill  - RenewEconomy.Com.Au

YES THIS HAS TO BE GOOD NEWS HEY? INSTEAD OF THROWING SO MUCH PLASTIC INTO OUR PRECIOUS OCEAN WATER, LET'S RUN WITH THIS! RECENTLY, WE CAME UP WITH A MARVELOUS WAY TO USE GLASS BOTTLES INSTEAD OF DISPENSING OF THEM AND NOW THE USA HAS COME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA FOR PET PLASTIC BOTTLES. BRAVO!

Hopefully This Catches On In Australia. We Now Have Concrete Bricks Made With A Composition Of Recycled Glass Bottles. Maybe Our Countries Should Negotiate With These Inventions Hey?

Engineering professors and students at the University of California – Riverside have demonstrated a method they hope could “solve two of Earth’s biggest problems in one stroke” – recycling plastic waste such as plastic bottles into a nanomaterial useable in batteries.

As battery storage becomes an ever more present necessity – used in large-scale energy storage projects through to electric vehicles – sourcing materials traditionally necessary to make batteries are straining, and more sustainable alternatives are necessary.

Transforming PET Plastic Bottles Into Energy - Protecting Oceans

Two engineering professors at the University of California Riverside, Mihri and Cengiz Ozkan, have been working with their students to create improved energy storage materials from a range of sources, trying everything from glass bottles to beach sand, Silly Putty to portabello mushrooms.…

Published on Leave a comment on Camping in Nature Helps You Sleep Better – Here’s To Nature!

NOT EVERYONE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AT THE PRESENT TIME, BUT FOR THOSE WHO CAN, WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRY? AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING SOME OF US CAN LOOK FORWARD TO, HEY? CAMPING IS A FAVORITE TO MANY AND A NICE DISCOVERY IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED IT.

Camping Has the Power to Reset Our Internal Clocks

For diehard campers, no one needs to tell them how beneficial sleeping underneath the stars can be. The combination of peaceful tranquility, fresh air and connection with nature is enough to cure the effects of the 9-5. New research is backing up this intuition, suggesting that taking a time out from our busy, technology-soaked lives can help reset our internal clocks so we can literally rest more easily.

Researchers from the University of Colorado in Boulder set out on a six day camping trip in the Rocky Mountains, sans smartphones and any other illuminating tools. For the duration of the trip, the campers only utilized daylight and the glow of their campfire. The result was the group going to sleep an average of two and a half hours earlier than they would at home and getting ten hours of sleep each night.…

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Published on 1 Comment on Happiness: What Really Works. Good Honest Tips, Factual And Proven Realities.

HERE IN THIS ARTICLE YOU WILL FIND WHAT SO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN MISSING IN A SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS. IT IS NOT REALLY IN WAITING FOR THE NEXT BIG THING OR EXCITEMENT IT IS FOUND, IS IT? BECAUSE THAT OFTEN DISAPPOINTS - THINGS ARE NOT QUITE WHAT WE EXPECT THEM TO BE OR THE WAIT IS LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED. WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT IT REALLY IS AND EXPERIENCE IT MORE OFTEN? YES HAPPINESS IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK. THERE ARE EVEN EBOOKS ON HOW TO FIND HAPPINESS - SOME ARE SO MISLEADING. I FIND THIS ARTICLE TO BE MORE PRACTICAL, MORE TANGIBLE - SOMETHING WITHIN OUR REACH - DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET? IT'S NOT IN THE SENSATIONAL - AND YOU WILL FIND IT EASY TO GRASP. ENJOY!

The Simple Thing That Makes the Happiest People in the World So Happy
By Eric Barker

Research has found many things you can do to increase happiness.

Of course, you’re probably not doing any of them. To be fair, most people don’t really do much to deliberately make their lives happier.

Via 100 Simple Secrets of the Best Half of Life:

Researchers found that the majority of the subjects they studied were not able to identify anything they had done recently to try to increase their happiness or life satisfaction.…

Published on Leave a comment on Long TV Use and Tech Screens, Lack Of Exercise And Sleep Affects On Our Immune System + Some Positive Notes

YES, HOURS OF TV AND INTERNET SURFING AND LOTS OF MEDIA OVER OUR "SMART PHONES" ARE PROVEN TO WEAKEN OUR IMMUNE RESPONSE TO VIRUSES, INFLUENZA AND PANDEMICS. COMPUTER GAMES ARE IN THE MIX. I WILL INCLUDE SOME POSITIVE INFO FOR YOU. CHEMICAL LADEN FOODS ARE ALSO A PROBLEM BUT WE WILL DEAL WITH THESE THREE HERE SHALL WE? I COVER NUTRITION ALERTS IN A DIFFERENT POST - A LINK IS PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS PAGE. WALKING, EXERCISE AND SLEEP ALSO BENEFIT OUR BRAIN. TV DOES NOT - IT DULLS OUR BRAIN BUT I'M PRESENTLY DOING MORE RESEARCH ALONG THOSE LINES AND WILL COVER THAT IN A SEPARATE POST ALSO. I FOUND THESE EXCELLENT ARTICLES ON THESE TOPICS AND WILL PLACE EXCERPTS HERE. THIS CUTS DOWN SOME OF MY WRITTEN WORK BECAUSE I RUN SEVERAL WEBSITES.

How Binge-Watching TV Can Wreck Our Immune Systems - 2018

It turns out there are some surprising daily habits, such as overdosing on our favourite TV Series, that can wreak havoc on the body’s ability to fight off Colds and Influenza.

Nicole Jennings, spokesperson for Pharma Dynamics – a leading provider of colds and flu medication – says the relatively new phenomenon of being able to watch an entire TV series all at once, as opposed to waiting a week, has sparked several studies that attempt to understand how binge-watching is impacting our health.…

Published on Leave a comment on 12 Japanese Secrets: Why They Live Longer And Healthier – See What You Can Find!

HOW IS IT THAT JAPANESE PEOPLE OFTEN LIVE TO 100 YEARS OR MORE? AND HOW IS IT THAT THEIR KIDS ARE SO HEALTHY? COULD IT BE THAT THINGS START AT AN EARLY AGE AND CONTINUE AS A LIFESTYLE THROUGHOUT LIFE? COULD WE REAP SOME OF THE BENEFITS BY ADOPTING SOME OF THEIR SECRETS INTO OUR LIFESTYLE? WE SHALL SEE. RESULTS VARY WITH THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY.

Two Articles Here - 12 Tips!

Want To Live Longer? Borrow These 6 Healthy Habits From The Japanese

By Samantha Cassetty, RD from Today.Com August 2020

Japan has more centenarians than almost any other nation on earth. Take  these 6 secrets to a longer, healthier life.

Want to live to 100? Take a page from the Japanese. Japan has the highest number of people per capita over the age of 100 than anywhere else in the world. There may be some genetic differences at play, but there are also diet and lifestyle practices that lead to longer lifespans with fewer of the chronic illnesses — like heart disease and type 2 diabetes — that are common in the United States. You can improve your health by borrowing these six habits that are rooted in Japanese culture.…

Published on Leave a comment on Is There An ‘Ideal’ Time To Go To Sleep? What’s This About Genes?

I'VE RESEARCHED ABOUT SLEEP QUITE OFTEN THROUGH THE YEARS AND SEEN KNOWLEDGE GROW. IT'S AN INTERESTING TOPIC. LET'S SEE WHAT HAS SURFACED NOW! Sometimes Science Can Be Our Enemy And Sometimes It Can Be Our Friend - I like Those Better, Do You? THIS HAS TO DO WITH MORE DISCOVERIES ABOUT OUR GENES - THEY CAN BE A GOOD THING WHEN IT COMES TO POSITIVE.

If you didn't have to worry about work, social commitments or kids, what would be your ideal time to go to sleep?

You probably know that sleep is important — you can tell that just by how yuck you feel when you don't get enough of it.

But is there more to sleep than just how much you get? Is there a difference between getting the much-hyped eight hours between 11pm and 7am, and 9pm and 5am?

The short answer to the "is there an ideal time for going to sleep" is "at night-time". But that's too short for an article, and there is a little more to it than that, so we asked some sleep experts for a deeper answer.

Your Perfect Bedtime Is In Your Genes
Moira Junge is a health psychologist with the Sleep Health Foundation, an advocacy group that campaigns for all things relating to sleep, and she says the idea that there's one true time to rule them all for going to sleep is a myth.…