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We all know drinking water to be key to a healthy life, and everybody has their favored ways of carrying and consuming the stuff as they go about their day. The Modular Bottle from New York outfit Ebite is as versatile a solution as you could hope to f… Continue reading Modular water bottle also brews tea and stashes your snacks
VSSL expands its lineup of modular tubular utility gear with a very different style of multitool, a packable party it calls the VSSL Insulated Flask. Not only does the slim double-walled vacuum-insulated flask keep your beverage close at hand and at an… Continue reading VSSL threads flask and speaker into easy-carry backcountry party
It’s hard to beat a draft beer, but we usually have to make do with bottles and cans when away from the bar. Enter the Cooler Keg, a new design for a draft beer dispensing system built right into a cooler.Continue ReadingCategory: LifestyleTags: Beer, … Continue reading Cooler Keg dispenses draft beer or any other drink on the go
A comprehensive new Oxford study has added to the growing body of research highlighting the health effects of alcohol. The large-scale genetic analysis suggests that alcohol consumption directly accelerates aging, by shortening telomeres.Continue Readi… Continue reading Huge genetic study suggests alcohol accelerates biological aging
A new Swedish “pre-drinking pill” went on sale in the UK today. Widely referred to as the “hangover pill,” the optimistically-named Myrkl is claimed to break down alcohol before it reaches the liver, preventing the formation of toxic acetaldehyde.Conti… Continue reading “Hangover pill” goes on sale in UK – but here’s the problem with Myrkl
Water scarcity is a major problem for much of the world’s population, but with the right equipment drinking water can be wrung out of thin air. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have now demonstrated a low-cost gel film that can pull man… Continue reading Cheap gel film pulls buckets of drinking water per day from thin air
A shortage of drinking water is a key problem in many parts of the world, and it’s a cruel irony that huge amounts are floating around in the air, inaccessible. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have now developed a salty hydrogel that c… Continue reading Salty hydrogel sucks liters of drinking water a day out of thin air
Engineers at ETH Zurich have designed a new device that can wring drinking water out of the air. The system works day and night, and doesn’t require any additional energy input, making it suited for use in remote or developing areas.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading “Reverse solar still” keeps its cool to wring drinking water from air
Solar stills can be a very useful way to produce drinking water from dirty or salty water, but there’s plenty of room for improvements in efficiency. Now, engineers at Virginia Tech have developed a “synthetic tree” inspired by mangroves, that mimics t… Continue reading Mangrove roots inspire efficient “synthetic tree” water purifier
Although hiccups are a temporary nuisance for most of us, they can be a major problem for people who experience them chronically. There may be new hope for such folks, though, in the form of what is essentially a fancy drinking straw.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Drinking device claimed to help halt hiccups