A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Traditional owners of Mparntwe collaborate with Melbourne company Luyten to combat housing shortages and improve Ilpeye Ilpeye residents’ lifestyle
Source: Remote Indigenous community pioneers 3D-printed homes set to change rural lives
3-D printing — it’s for more than just action figures. Very cool.
Suzanne Stone had no idea how she got to the hospital after her car crashed on that frigid night. An old newspaper story hanging on the wall of a restaurant was the key to her finally being able to thank the man who helped her.
Source: Decades later, she meets the rescuer she never knew she had
Cool story.
“She says, ‘I want to go back home. My animals are there, my cats are there.’ And we couldn’t help her,” Agnessa’s mom told CBS News.
Heartwarming.
A 24-year-old African penguin is waddling around happily after being fitted with custom sandals to treat a chronic foot condition.
Source: Happy Feet: Injured African Penguin Gets New Lease on Life With Custom Sandals
Cute.
The owner of the home where this happened caught the moment on video. Watch it here.
Source: Kids caught on camera refilling empty Halloween candy bowl
And he learned it on YouTube. 🙂
A tiny electric car designed by Honda engineers is easing the anxiety of hospitalized children, as they drive themselves to treatments.
Cool idea. 🙂
LA JOLLA—Aging involves complicated plot twists and a large cast of characters: inflammation, stress, metabolism changes, and many others. Now, a team of Salk Institute and UC San Diego scientists reveal another factor implicated in the aging process—a class of lipids called SGDGs (3-sulfogalactosyl diacylglycerols) that decline in the brain with age and may have anti-inflammatory effects.
More progress. The hope here relates to cognitive decline. Very promising.
Quadloop, a Nigerian based company, has found a way to turn electronic waste into solar lanterns and other products which will have a lower impact on the environment.
Source: Nigerian company turns e-waste into solar powered lanterns
Very cool idea.
Research suggests visits to places with birdlife could be prescribed by doctors to improve mental wellbeing
Source: Bird and birdsong encounters improve mental health, study finds
I would expect nature in general to have the effect, but birdlife is often more easily accessible.
Organizers say the group bike rides have resulted in happier and healthier students.
Source: ‘Bike buses’ catch on as a cool way to commute to school. What are they?
Great idea!