13th Post. Non-Sticky chewing gum.

Does this sticky part reminds you of something? It always reminds me of a chewing gum. People likes to stick it everywhere; from streets to cinema seats. As the result, millions of dollars have to be spent to remove this gum. Unlike Singapore, those 'kia su' people were smart enough to ban the chewing gum from the market. So their environment will looks clean and tidy. However, with this revolutionary event, will this non-sticky chewing gum settle the issue of not selling the chewing gum in market? I hope so.

Recently, there are companies who developed one kind of non-sticky chewing gum. They turned the hydrophobic (water hating) gum into hydrophilic (water loving) gum. The hydrophilic surface of the gum makes the water stick to the gum. So, there will always be a layer of water around the gum. This is what makes it easily removed. In certain cases, it does not stick at all. It is believed that the gum will be commercially produced in 2008. Yet, some cases like cotton and leather shoes, the problem with sticking gum still exist. How far will the researchers find out the solution to this? How usefulness is the non-sticky gum? Can we simply swallow the non-sticky chewing gum without any danger? This is yet to be discovered.

Earthquake gives bigger impact to lower buildings compared to higher buildings.

In todays blog, I am going to share my opinion about the earthquake, which we all knew it occurred in Indonesia and some other continents. As I was having my supper with some seniors, they discussed about the earthquake; that the taller a building is, the less chances it will collapsed. I have always been thinking that higher buildings tend to collapse easily. I was wrong indeed.

The idea is simple. Collapse of a building may occur if there is a seismic wave. It moves the base of a building at a certain frequency and resonance. Often, the height of the building can be estimated by 10Hz divided by the number of floors. For example,
1 floor ~ 10Hz
2 floor ~ 5Hz
10 floors ~ 1Hz
100 floors ~ 0.1Hz
This concludes that taller buildings are mostly affectedly by low frequency waves. On the other hand, shorter buildings are greatly affected by high frequency waves and the tendency to collapse is much more higher compared to high buildings. Please, If you faced this, run to open air and wide place; or hide under a solid table. At least, the chances to survive is higher. Never ever stay inside short buildings.

p/c:
Seismic wave - is an elastic wave in the earth, generated by an earthquake or explosion.
Frequency - is a number of oscillations per unit of time. It is determined by the frequency of arriving seismic wave. It is also defined as the largest vibration of a building due to enhancement of the energy at a special frequency to the building.

I hope this is useful for one's knowledge

11th Post. Dark Chocolate or White Chocolate. Which one is better? or simply say, which one contributes to your health and which gives you the other way round?

Today lesson is about CHOCOLATES. Who does not love chocolates? The aroma, the taste..yummy..!

As many people have been fearing about the nightmare of eating chocolate due to its fats, they have wrong perception about this. According to literature and proof, dark chocolate is good for health. Indeed, it provides us with anti-oxidant (which is important to prevent aging, cancer, cataracts, etc.). Dark chocolate contains 20x higher anti-oxidant compare to tomatoes. Meanwhile, white chocolate does not contain any anti-oxidant. So, which is good for health? This is obvious. Isn't it?