Feeling the 'GLOW'
Mairead Small Staid,
The Ringer
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Researchers have discovered a naturally fluorescent polka-dot tree frog in Amazon basin of Argentina. At first sight, the frog looks just another plain colored creature but it actually glows neon...
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has obtained some very interesting images of the dead star Crab Nebula. It seems the ghoulish looking dead star still has a heartbeat.The eerily glowing star had gone...
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Are you a fidgeter? Then you need something that can occupy your time whenever you’d like. Perhaps a new iPhone case will do the trick. But how can an iPhone case keep your wandering mind busy? Simple – fill it with glowing sand and you’ll be playing with this thing for hours on end.
This unusual iPhone 5/5S case is filled with sand and bubbly fluid which create mesmerizing patterns when you tilt it. The sand also glows in the dark, or if you happen to have any black lights around, it gets really bright.
Since the fluid inside is somewhat viscous, the sand art flows slowly and smoothly as shown in the video below:
You can grab the Glow in the Dark Sand Art iPhone Case from Gadgets & Gear for $24.95(USD).
One stretch of street in the Netherlands may make one sense that it’s all too similar to playing a video game. The conventional power sucking streetlights have been replaced with glow-in-the-dark...
When I was a kid, if you wanted to spruce up your bike, you just put a baseball card in the spokes. These days kids have all kinds of cool features on their bikes. Take the Phantom Frames kids’ bike. It is made from sturdy polycarbonate, which is cool, but the main feature here is the bike’s cool glowing effect.
This illumination is achieved through an array of LEDs set inside the bike’s translucent frame. It subtly stands out during the day time, and at night it gets all wild and crazy. The “pipeline” technology of the Phantom Frames bike allows the design to have working LEDs inside its frame, powered by AAA batteries.
There are two different versions of the frame: The smoked Ghost Frame and the Ice Frame which is completely clear.
You can help fund the Phantom Bike on Kickstarter now through 1/3/14. And check this out. You can get an entire bike with all the LED lighted frames with a pledge starting at $165. Before you get too excited though, the bike is just available in kids’ size.
Each scoop of this ice cream is priced at £140 or about $225. That’s more expensive than most of the tubs you can find in your local grocery’s freezers, but for good reason: this ice cream glows in the dark. It’s made using the same protein that makes jellyfish glow by British foodie Charlie Francis, who’s the founder of the Lick Me I’m Delicious ice cream company.
Charlie explains: “It’s glow-in-the-dark jellyfish ice cream using calcium-activated proteins that react when they are agitated, or to put it a non sciencey way, it glows when you lick it.”
But why does it glow? As Charlie explains further, the act of licking warms up the protein in the ice cream, causing an increase in its pH level, which produces the glow. Charlie adds: “Is it safe to eat? Well I tried some and I don’t seem to be glowing anywhere, so we’ll go with a yes for now. We’ve also made a non-jellyfish version using quinine from tonic to make a glow in the UV dark gin and tonic sorbet which is pretty neat.”
No, you’re not dreaming. The pavement is actually twinkling like the stars in the sky, and it’s all thanks to Starpath. It’s a spray-on paint that transforms regular pathways into glow-in-the-dark ones.
Aside from the novel aspect of it, Starpath might also some day serve as a low-cost alternate means for outdoor lighting. Starpath can be sprayed onto a variety of surfaces, like concrete, tarmac, and wood. It absorbs UV energy during the day and releases this energy by “lighting up” at night.
The technology behind it was developed by UK-based company Pro-Teq Surfacing. Hamish Scott, owner of Pro-Teq, explains: “This product adjusts to the natural light, so if it is pitch black outside the luminous natural earth enhances, and if the sky is lighter, it won’t release as much luminosity. It adjusts accordingly, its almost like it has a mind of its own. Further, the surface is environmentally-friendly and aesthetically pleasing.”
Starpath is currently being tested on the footpath in Christ’s Pieces, which is a well-known park in Cambridge, England.
Feeling the 'GLOW'
Mairead Small Staid,
The Ringer
Despite recent news of Netflix cancelling a few of its high-profile originals, the streaming service hasn't missed a beat. One of its most recent, GLOW, debuted last week and critics seem to agree...
After putting together any home theater setup big or small, there's always one last question: What are you going to watch? Our editors have already opened up about some of the games they're playing and what they're listening to, but this edition of I...
Bacteria that can shrug off antibiotics is a medical problem that still needs answering, but this prototype could help reduce how much antibiotics are used on patients, and decrease the chances for bugs to become resistant. The experimental bandage f...
