Art in the house according to Feng Shui

Not so long ago I encountered a woman (let's call it, for example, Kate), which equips her apartment on the requirements of Feng Shui. I confess to this "Feng Shui" I'm very, very skeptical. But in order to check the hot assurances of his favor, she decided to learn more about the principles of Chinese teachings and its compatibility with the visual arts.

Art in the bedroom according to Feng Shui

It turned out at once that the room was far from Katie fenshuevskaya. Pay taxes to sleep, not enough - we said Chinese scientists.

Assurance of the benefits of the red zone in the bed of feng shui confirmed. Just - oh, horror! - Katya wallpaper with red flowers! No, no, you can not - categorically claims the ancient teachings. The bedroom can not be placed not so much painted, even fresh flowers!

In part, this claim has arisen from quite natural reasons - the flowers at night pull oxygen from the air, so you may have problems with sleep. Although I wonder how many should there be flowers in the room to become a man nothing to breathe? Chinese doctrine is opposed to another plant due to the fact that they draw energy from the sleeping man. Even painted. Feng Shui is strongly advised to hang in the bedroom paintings of flowers. Especially over the headboard.

But every other picture in front of the bed will be very much appropriate. Especially if you wake up, you'll see something cheerful on the canvas. A small correction - this cheerful in any case should not be autumn landscape, even the most light and beautiful. Better summer.

Who is not nice to fall asleep to the sound of murmuring water, running on the beach or the lake ... and again no! There are no fountains in the room, Chinese scholars also reject the Universe. Alas, this is again applied to the picture. You can not place the product in the bedroom with waterfalls, fountains, rivers or seas. This will lead to confusion in the family.

The list is not recommended image is still ongoing. The ban applies to photographs of children, parents or friends, and generally someone else's portraits, as well as pictures of animals.

By the way, not only painting suffered disgrace. Ill keep in the bedroom stuffed animals and dolls (even collectable and very expensive). They supposedly make the atmosphere of childhood emotions and distract from love.

What can be? It turns out that the paintings can only be his portraits, preferably on a canvas and painted with oil. Landscapes of the spring, summer and winter, and fruit still lifes. Recommend an image of something the pair. This will strengthen family life.

Will be useful ceramic vases, vessels, figurines and plates. It strengthens family values.

Living room. Feng Shui in the zones

Glory to the Chinese gods that area in the apartment have a positive value - Zone money, health, etc. This is something interesting.

In the living room puts a lot of figures of animals! If you can see from the window of a hospital or other institution negatively - turtle figurine on a windowsill will be just right. No money? Put the figures on the shelves of three-toed frog or dragon with a pearl in the mouth.

If you have a mind for some reason comes - calm the nerves of collectible figurine of an owl.

And if you want kids - get a stork. Do not live, of course. Although not yet proven, by a stork will be more confusing.

Sculpture and plastic arts in the form of almost all known animals will benefit. Fish, elephants, tigers, dragons will provide you with happiness, "according to Feng Shui." By the way, is particularly useful wooden sculpture. As well as images of water fountains and plants. And live, and in pictures.

In the south-western wall of the room in any case do not hang a picture with the theme of loneliness, the better they hang a picture with bright colors (red or orange). But on the north wall should hang mountain or water views.

In the southwest, a better place now with a shiny sea view.

Take note that there are no crosses, monsters and items like ornaments in furniture and paintings is also better not to do, and then come vicious Shah and energy you sharahnet negative.

Digestion of "Feng Shui": kitchen

In the area where the stove is better to use an image or object is green. Painting with wood or decorative ornaments.

In the south-east of the kitchen do not hang pictures of silver, gold and white tones. In the south, avoid the blue and black shades on south-west is also green. While that's done, if it is in the southwest is plaque, which simply requires the presence of green - Feng Shui diplomatically silent. And for good reason.

In the northeast, refuse rectangular paintings and objects, and in the north of the square. And in the east allowed the red image.

A little side note, not related to art: cook a meal - ventilate the kitchen. Because the smell of food (even delicious) you can also sharahnut negative energy Sha. That's it. Maybe it is better not to cook?

Although not worry, friendly kitchen floral designs in pastel colors can win and Sha Tsiknut it.

More precisely, to draw friendly energy Chi.

Feng shui is not a child. Children's rooms

The room should be a different color is divided into areas - the playing, training and sleeping.

If your child is sitting at his desk - follow strictly to mischief did not hang on the wall behind the drawn cartoon monsters. And do not place a picture there with wild animals and water.

Bright wallpaper, colored furniture, posters - everything is good for kids. So if the walls are covered with colorful posters of children, rejoice - it means that your child's sense of Qi energy.

So if you're partisan exercise, "Feng Shui", better refrain from acquisitions pictures spontaneously, and refer to the art consultant who will help you make the right choice.

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Sand Glass - stoplight hourglass

In many cities, traffic on highways regulated by modern lights, which counts the time until the change of the signal. There are both audible traffic lights (they are most commonly used on pedestrian crossings, which facilitates the passage of streets for pedestrians with impaired vision), and digital versions, showing the electronic dials the number of seconds left before the regime change movement.
Recently there was yet another unusual idea of a traffic light, which is used to indicate the time of the hourglass model. It's - Sand Glass. In addition to the LED hourglass image of red, yellow or green on the main board of the traffic light is located and an electronic timer that displays seconds remaining in the figures. It is only at first glance, it seems superfluous and unnecessary luxury. Meanwhile, it is counting in the figures allows drivers as clearly as possible to know the time of regime change and prepare to stop or contrary to the motion - in advance.
Certainly, many of you have a question - how expensive to manufacture such a creative fun on the road? Cost Sand Glass is lower than that of any traffic on the LED matrix. Indeed, in the Sand Glass yellow (left developers, apparently as a tribute to tradition), in fact, is losing its relevance and, hence, production costs can be reduced. After deciding not to yellow, and there will be no need for a yellow light-emitting diodes. Agree, always a pleasure to enjoy comfort appliances, knowing that they are even cheaper than the old.

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The engine on the air

To date, a special interest turned to renewable energy sources and a variety of "green". At the same time work in these areas is developing steadily and without delay. Followed suit, and two scientists from India who have published work on the implementation engine for motorcycles, differing environmental friendliness.

Scientists study the possibility and efficiency of air turbines, which differ from each other by number and characteristics of the blades. The operation of all motor runs on compressed air. New development of scientists in the theory shows forty minutes of riding a motorcycle that left tested in practice. If all calculations are correct, then that invention will help reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere at times. It's worth noting that India has a lot of places, where the motorcycle is the most popular means of transportation. As told in an interview Bharat Raja Singh, one of the researchers, in some cases can reduce emissions by more than 50%!

But not yet resolved all technical issues, to introduce the concept of mass use. So far that has not yet devised a compact but capacious tank of compressed air, which is the fuel for a new type of engine. Motorcycles are used for long trips, so 40 minutes is unlikely to be sufficient time for travel. To date, there are tanks, instead of allowing the fuel only for the 30-kilometer trip, which greatly complicates the use of the engine. It is hoped that researchers can solve the problems of fuel storage to shortly motorcycles in India and around the world being refurbished into clean technology.

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The invention is not blown tire

These tires are made of 800 springs intertwined. Inventors design, which does not require support by air, presented the award for the development of research. For inventors such award is equivalent to Oscar, they say, get it - a great honor. These tires have been developed on the basis of Goodyear, which manufactures tires, in conjunction with NASA. To apply such a complicated design plan for difficult road conditions and possibly on the moon. Earlier tires used on the moon were made of rubber, which in its structure to cope with bad swings heat and cold, and solar radiation. But such an invention would help to resolve such problems.
Rounding surface, spring tire deformed, acquiring shape of the envelope surface, and then, under the influence of energy from within, returned to its original position. According Vivaka Asani, NASA researchers, these tires do not have any particular point, which can cause fatal damage. If a strong shock, where the pneumatic tire would get a puncture, this will damage only one spring of 800. In conjunction with these positive qualities, these tires have the hardness and elasticity, is passed directly to Transport, through which SUVs can travel faster over rough terrain during small movements.
Goodyear is the largest tire manufacturer. This company employs about 7000 people, has 56 plants and offices located in 21 countries worldwide.

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On two wheels and ... Hydrogen

A new breakthrough in hydrogen energy: the other day a group of inventors in New York was presented moped engine which runs on clean fuel - hydrogen. One filling a novelty, according to the sponsors, enough for 160 kilometers, and soon after this miracle of technology they plan to create a hydrogen engine for the car, on which work is already underway.

The basis of the motor scooter is a miracle cartridge filled with sodium silicide and dense metal powders. In fact, this kind of battery, but with a different algorithm. It is necessary to pour water into the cartridge - and inside it starts a chemical reaction, which resulted in the generated electricity. Moreover, the fluid does not need to be clear: You can even use water from a nearby puddle!
The principle of hydrogen batteries is fairly simple and understandable to all who remember their high-school physics and chemistry. It consists of a set of elementary cells, each of which has approximately 1 cm thick and consists of a pair of electrodes made of carbon with the addition of platinum catalyst. It should be noted that the inventors were able to significantly reduce the cost of construction, replacing the commonly used in such batteries platinum catalysts analogues made from an alloy of platinum with other, cheaper metals. Electrodes separated by an electrolyte, in which can act as a polymer or a solution. One of the electrodes of fuel supply (which is hydrogen), and the second - an oxidizing agent, which acts as extracted from the air oxygen. Electrolyte ions are missing, but does not transmit electrons. On the first of the electrodes (the anode) hydrogen splits into protons and electrons, the last pass through the electrolyte to the second electrode (cathode), where there is a connection with oxygen - water is formed. At the same time, electrons move to the outside of the cell, the electrical circuit is connected to the load - the electric motor.

To make this scheme work, it is necessary that hydrogen is continuously fed into the fuel cell. This is the basic problem of hydrogen engines in the world: where to find so much hydrogen, which, unlike oil and gas, you can not get out of the ground, you can only get an artificial way. Lack of hydrogen filling stations became one of the factors slowing the development of transport in this type of fuel.

Do hydrogen moped shortcomings, in addition to problems with dressing? Of course there is, and one of them is called ... almost complete silence during the movement. Engineers are already thinking about how to add engine noise by artificial means, as silent vehicle can be dangerous to other road users. Developers hydrogen moped intending to solve the problem installing the "clappers", which will operate in urban environments, and while driving through the countryside it can be turned off. Perhaps, in quietness and ends with a list of new items of serious shortcomings, which are of practical value and can be a serious argument in favor of hydrogen technologies in the debate, which began in the 80 years of the last century. After all exhausts of internal combustion engines can not endlessly pollute the environment, not least because that oil and gas resources on the planet does not last forever!
Hydrogen moped has all the chances of getting into production and will soon be available to buyers, so far only in the United States.

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Built by the implant, which helps blind people see

It became known that the Protocols of the Royal Society published a study that was developed by a team of researchers from Germany. They have developed a new retinal implant, the aldehyde form of retinol. This implant is installed in three people who were deprived of due to some reasons, and he has helped these people to discern the outlines and determine the shape of objects.

The result of a stunning, one of blind people could even identify and find items that were placed before him on the table. Also, he turned to move independently around the room, approach people and even to distinguish some shades of gray. This device was developed by the Institute of ophthalmologic research and Tyubingemskim University together with Retinal Implant AG. This is undoubtedly a great advance in ophthalmic prosthetics because of anything like blind people could not dream. This invention could completely change the lives of more than 200,000 people around the world who have become blind due to a hereditary eye disease or retinitis pigmentosa. Other than blind people some people use powerful spectacle for their eye disease

This disease occurs due to the fact that the receptors in the eye completely cease to function. Dr Eberhart Zrenner in his opinions published in the Protocols of the Royal Society, emphasizes that patients who had lost his sight in consequence of retinal degeneration, I have hope for partial recovery, after using the innovations can restore visual function and the person can reasonably well guided in their daily lives.
The implant, which has the name Subretinal implant placed under the retina, thus replacing non-functioning light receptor. This device uses a completely natural process of detecting light and create an image, it helps to enhance visual perception.

There are also other types of implants, they are called epiretinal implants. This species differs from the subretinal implant that they have outside of the retina, so they require the patient to wear the processors and the external device camera. In the documentary record of research there is a description of the implant, it marked properties, such as achieving clarity. This occurs because the implant is very closely connected with the light receptors.
Dr. Zrenner the following conclusions: "Our analysis - is not nothing but a direct proof of exactly what these devices can regain visual capability in people who have lost their vision due to retinitis pigmentosa. This is possible even if the results for clinical application will require the expenditure of large amounts of time. "

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People learn to grow a limb

American scientists Wistar Institute discovered the mechanism that stimulates the growth of amputated limbs in humans. Helped uncover the mechanism geneticists lizards, which differ in ability to re-grow lost tails or other extremity.

Thanks to studies by geneticists revealed the presence of a particular gene p21 in the body lizards, which blocks existing in the body recovery potential. With a considerable amount of effort, scientists have managed to block the gene, and these experiments eventually produced results. Laboratory rodents were able to restore the badly damaged tissue. While normal mice delayed wound and scar, the experimental mice to form new tissue by the rapid growth of cells.

These experimental results, Professor Ellen Heber-Katu, leading the research team explained that, without a gene found in cells of the body begin to behave like stem, they have the ability to turn into any kind of tissue. According to scientists, the gene p21 in the future may be temporarily blocked and people have a period of treatment, and maybe even get off the gene directly into the wound area.

To avoid potential side effects, to reach off the gene will be using local administration of drugs. This discovery will change the lives of a significant number of people who were left without any limbs, the better.

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U.S. forces provide little Sky net

U.S. forces have confirmed that under their supervision are carried out new developments in the perception of signals of artificial intelligence. These studies will be aimed at obtaining processing signals received from different sensors. This development will enable detection signal sources and to characterize their actions.
The growth of various kinds of sensors feeding signals is rapidly growing. Respectively, and develops information obtained from them. Such a rapid development of information requires the emergence of more and more processing devices. New technologies should be qualitatively and quickly process the information. Currently, this work can only be done people. Therefore, the aim of the Pentagon to provide a device that could completely replace the human in this area.
For this purpose, the Pentagon has developed a special program called «Deep Learning». The purpose of this program is not complete copying of human abilities to process information. Important - is to create a system that could constantly improve themselves and without much effort to process information. According to the head of this program since Pentagon have the necessary resources to build such a machine.
The result here is sort of creating a system for processing information "artificial intelligence" high. That is, the machine must handle their own information, conduct analysis and make the necessary decisions without human intervention. Naturally at the beginning of a person would need to participate in this system. Originally it was a person will be given responsibility for control over decisions taken by the computer. Although the possibility of such a system has its dangers. The fact is that if endow the system "brain", it is unknown how it will turn back to the people. After all, in fact, "smart" car could come any thoughts in her computer "head". It is worth remembering movie Terminator and disappointing picture of the power of machines at once begin to come to mind.

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People are built into wireless networks

Stunning forecast recently issued specialists of the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology at Queen's University Belfast (UK): a body of people can become the basis for future communication networks at the expense of many wearable sensors. A team of researchers led by Simon Cotton, which develops high-speed wireless networks of the future generation, believes that the human body is perfect for the role of receiving and transmitting stations and may serve as a basis for creating wireless networks.

"These networks" from body to body "have a lot of advantages - convinced Dr. Simon, - and they can significantly reduce costs as the construction of costly, multiple base stations, and on health services. People used to send data over the wire, then learned how to communicate through the air, and now the human body becomes the medium of communication ".

This optimistic forecast was made after an interesting experiment conducted by scientists from Korea University in Seoul. It happened this spring. I recall that when a team of researchers led by Dr. Lee Sang-Hoon transmits data at speeds of 10 megabits per second through the man's hand between two electrodes placed in the skin at a distance of 30 centimeters.

Why, as a medium for "wireless" were chosen human veils? According to many experts, low-frequency electromagnetic waves pass through the skin with little attenuation, especially its well protected "network" from outside influence. Therefore, as an "information" was used precisely these types of waves (as you know, in these wireless networks is mainly used radio microwave.)

"If we had used for each broadcast the measured vital signs, then we would need to use a variety of batteries for each sensor - explained study leader Lee Sang-hoon. - Broadband in the skin would reduce energy demand and, consequently, in power supplies approximately by 90 percent. "

In the experiment, Dr. Li and colleagues used a fairly harmless skin metal electrodes coated with a flexible polymer, which is enriched with silicon. They asked volunteers to wear an electrode on the shoulder or behind the ear for a week and made sure that option is really safe for the body.

Additionally, tests were run cytotoxicity (ie, the poison is a substance the cell surface of the electrodes or not), using cultures of human cells. It turned out that no toxic effects on epithelial cells does not render the device.

There were no abrasions and heavy feeling this device also does not call, because its thickness is only 300 micrometers, as three human hairs, and it weighs about the same. In addition, the device withstands the test flexion at 90 degrees about 700 thousand times.

What data was sent across the skin a wireless network? It was about the pulse of the human heart. However, Korean biologists believe that the spectrum of the transmitted data can be much wider. Over time, they note, so you can send every second report on the status of all human organs. This is especially important for patients suffering from diseases of the heart, kidneys, liver and pancreas, in fact in violation of the functioning of these bodies requires constant monitoring of their condition, and the traditional ways to hold it quite difficult.

"New versions might even implanted under the skin for longer-term and deep monitoring of various indicators of health of the body, such as electrocardiography (ECG) or electroencephalography (EEG)," - describes the development prospects of this technique Dr. Lee. From his point of view, in the future every physician will be able to monitor the health of his patient, being away at a considerable distance. And this will help him "corporal" wireless network.

But how can transmit information from the body on display, located in the doctor's office. After all, here low-frequency electromagnetic waves will be very inefficient. But Simon Cotton proposes a scheme of combining the two technologies of wireless networks. According to his idea that the human skin will be placed receiver that collects information from all the "physical" sensors on the skin. This receiver will be associated with microtransmitter working on traditional microwave radio waves. It was he who would liaise between the patient and doctor.
In addition, on the same principle can also "connect" the two people to each other. It is not excluded that this will be true for parents who are concerned about the health of your child, being at this time far away from him. The truth is not quite clear whether it wants the child.

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What if a person can breathe a liquid?

Impressive, is not it? This possibility opens up some future prospects. If the person can breathe a liquid, which will be saturated with oxygen it will enable the diver is at a depth of 900 meters and not feel awkward and uncomfortable in a larger diving equipment.

Then we can not be afraid of the bends, which occurs due to saturation of the human body with nitrogen. But to achieve success in this business need to spend over your body wants to risk a very serious work. This idea of breathing in the aquatic environment using liquid, which is very well dissolve oxygen, has long been developed by scientists. Back in the 80's navy in large experiments were conducted on mice.

Through which scientists have had some effect, and demonstrated that mice can breathe in water. The very first experiment, the participants were white mouse. During the experiment, mice were immersed in a closed container filled with saline solution. In this tank at a pressure of 8 atmospheres of oxygen took place (such a pressure equivalent to normal air breathing). After some time after immersion test animals was as if nothing had happened unfamiliar environment and without interference to breathe oxygen in salt water.

The experiment lasted for 10-15 hours, except that one of the mice could survive 18 hours. In one experiment, young participants in the study under pressure of 160 atmospheres, which is equivalent to what they would be lowered into the water at 1600 meters. However, after the mice returned to a normal environment, most of them died. Scientists have noticed that it happened because of small respiratory animals, when the mice returned to normal conditions excess water does not come out and stuck in the lung tissue, which subsequently led to suffocation and death.

Unfortunately, the physical body can not cope when you inhale and exhale with the liquid so quickly that it led to the assimilation of oxygen and release carbon dioxide. However, according to one of the scientists as possible, but if the subject will be some very unpleasant procedures. To start divers will need to wear a helmet with a perforated liquid medium saturated with oxygen. The problem is that the liquid will have to breathe, but so as not to choke on, and it is possible either by duration of training, any medical intervention or by placing a special tube down his throat.

Lungs must be filled with fluid using a special breast-shell, on the principle of the pump will make a quick breath in order to prevent asphyxia. But that's not all, because the problem with the release of carbon dioxide have not been resolved. Through a catheter inserted into the femoral artery, blood will pass through a special membrane filter for removal of carbon dioxide. As you are now the prospect of free breathing underwater? Would you dive to a depth of a helmet with a tube in his throat, a membrane filter on the thigh and with a special pump on the chest in the shape of the carapace. You have not changed your mind?

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