Homemade Water Filter (step by step) for a School Science Project – A step-by-step process of building a water filtration device using simple and readily available materials. By Amelia Dani source Chapter 4 Comments: I would suggest coffee filters or some other fibrous material other than sand, for a couple of reasons, (a) as you point out, sand becomes saturated…
Month: May 2020
Is This Your Idea of a Nice Sunday Ride?
Sunday Ride? Not mine either… Red bull Rampage. Each rider has a team that creates a line with input from the rider on how extreme they want it to be a d which route down the cliff they want to take. Rider knows exactly which line to take because it’s his unique trail down the cliffside. There are some shared…
Water Filtering in Flint Michigan
Information About Water Filters Michigan Distributing Certified Water Filters NSF International, the public health and safety organization that tests and certifies residential drinking water filtration systems, has confirmed that the three water filters being distributed by officials in Flint, Michigan are currently certified by NSF International for lead reduction. View the Statement Regarding Flint Water System Lead Issue and Certification…
The Bike She Lost In 1970
When 11-year-old Lisa Brown rode her bike — her first bike — across a bridge over the Herring River in Massachusetts in 1970, she lost her footing, tumbling with the bike into the muddy water below. Brown, now in her 50s, was fine, but she thought the bike was gone forever. Forty years later, that childhood bike has reappeared. The…
New vs Old Water Filter Cartridge
New versus six month old sediment filter in my whole house water filter system source
How Cycling Makes You Smarter and Happier
source Maximize the benefits of a ride Every morning Canadian neuroscientist Brian Christie, PhD, gives his brain an extra boost. We’re not talking about tossing back multiple strong shots of espresso or playing one of those mind-training games advertised all over Facebook. “I hop on my bike, go to the gym for 45 minutes, then ride the rest of the way to work,” says Christie. “When I…
Paved Pike Paths
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/world/europe/in-denmark-pedaling-to-work-on-a-superhighway.htmlCOPENHAGEN — Picture 11 miles of smoothly paved bike path meandering through the countryside. Largely uninterrupted by roads or intersections, it passes fields, backyards, chirping birds, a lake, some ducks and, at every mile, an air pump. For some Danes, this is the morning commute. Read More at the NY Times
Customized exercise bikes that charge as they pedal
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/14/world/americas/brazil-alternative-sentence-reduction/index.html For hours at a time, Ronaldo Marcelo Wanderlei da Silva pedals on a stationary bike for a cause. But it is not an ordinary bike, nor an ordinary cause. Da Silva is an inmate at the prison in Santa Rita do Sapucai,Brazil, near Sao Paulo. He is among a small group of inmates who have been given the chance…
Bike Lanes
Interesting use for bike lanes in Berlin. Bike Lanes https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/gntrrz/berlin_wants_to_improve_the_situation_with/ protected bike lanes
CovID-19 Safety Tips
https://i.imgur.com/KcgOn5a.gifv Experiment to demonstrate how germs spread using fluorescent light 0:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wPKBpk7wUY Mythbusters Contamination 5:46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vw0hIs2LEg The Safe Sneeze 4:29 Please Stay Safe Out There!