Now, Just Spray And Make Cup of Tea

If there is one thing the British enjoy, it is a good cup of tea and one English drinks maker has come up with an unusual way of making the brew – sprayed into a cup form an aerosol can. No More Tea Bags is prebrewed and dispensed from an aluminum spray can. Drinkers squirt a small amount of the concentrated tea into a cup, and add hot water and milk if desired. It was really about just trying to make a better cup of tea. Of course there’s an element of convenience with this and not having a soggy tea bag to get rid of tat the end of it. Developer uses wine making equipment to make the equivalent of a giant pot of tea to produce the spray, one can of which yields about 20 cups of average strength tea.

Developer starts developing it in glass. The trouble was he had to use chemical preservatives and he didn’t want to do that. He realized that he could put the tea in (an aerosol can) in a sterile condition and it’s completely isolated from the atmosphere. Launched in august in a small number of independent shop, No More Tea Bags come in three flavours: English breakfast, Earl Grey and Jasmine. This is probably more like your average cup of tea. There’ll be a lot of people who’d probably love this flavour and this convenience.

Food Waste May Store Solar, Wind Energy

Sugar alcohols – an abundant waste product of the food industry – mixed with carbon nanotubes could be used to store excess solar and wind energy for times when the Sun is down or the air is still, scientists have found. The researchers wanted to study how mixing carbon nanotubes with sugar alcohols might affect their energy storage properties. The new insights could assist in the future design of sugar alcohol-based energy storage systems

China Launches Second Space Station Tiangong 2

China has launched its second space station in a sign of the growing sophistication of its military backed programme. The Tiangong 2 was carried into space on 15 September night atop a Long March 7 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on the Edge of the Gobi Desert in northern China. Plans call for the launch next month of the Shenzhou 11 spaceship with two astronauts on board to dock with the station and remain on board for a month. The station, whose name means “Heavenly Palace,” is considered a stepping stone to a mission to Mars by the end of the decade.

Boeing Altering Planes to Help Passenger Beat Jet Lag

During the development of the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing encountered countered countless engineering hurdles. One of which was the decision to build much of the plane out of carbon fiber reinforced plastics and other composite materials instead of aluminum most, commonly used on airliners. While the engineering of the composite airframe may have been a challenge, it’s a decision that allowed Boeing to make a major change to its aircraft that could greatly reduce the effect of jet lag on its passengers. The Dreamliner has a composite fuselage and that allowed them to pressurize it at whatever altitude they wanted because the material is not as susceptible to fatigue.

The very symptoms they attribute to jet lag may actually be attributed to acute mountain sickness, which affects individuals exposed to altitudes above 6,500 feet. A study with the help of Boeing found that flyers that go from sea level up to 8,000 feet saw the oxygen content in their blood fall 4%. The research showed passengers’ bodies reacted at 6,000 feet similar to that at sea level. So they decided to pressurize the Dreamliner at 6,000 feet. At 6,000 feet, the cabin air is denser and has a greater level of oxygen saturation. As result, the body does not have to work as hard to oxygenate blood and sustain itself. Boeing has also increased in cabin humidity as well as hot a new air-filtration system to reduce jet lag. Boeing upcoming 777X wide body mini jumbo jet, which comes into service in 2019m will also be pressurized at 6,000 feet.