The bear brother’s morning routine.

This is for you jdiala 

Happy Sunday!

Studio Mir has been busy since The Legend of Korra ended— they have been contracted by Marvel Entertainment to animate a 10-part Guardians of the Galaxy prequel/origin series of shorts.

This series follows the origin stories of the titular guardians of the galaxy, with the 2-minute episodes being released throughout the month of August leading up to the premier of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy full-length TV series on Disney XD (not animated by Studio Mir), a “spiritual continuation” of the 2014 live-action film.

The shorts released thus far (embedded in this post) can be viewed on the official Marvel youtube channel as well as on Disney XD, with 4 episodes released so far (Star-Lord Pt. 1&2 and Groot Pt. 1&2) and 6 remaining (Gamora Pt. 1&2, Rocket Raccoon Pt. 1&2 , and Drax the Destroyer Pt. 1&2).

And don’t forget Studio Mir is partnered with DreamWorks to produce four 78-episode 2D-animated TV shows, at least one by 2018, for which they are currently in the process of hiring one storyboard artist and one background color artist.

Because this is awesome!

If you do not turn the sound on you are dumb and we feel bad for you.

Happy Friday, y’all!

This door handle kills germs

UV light, powered by the door’s movement, triggers the microbe-killing power of the handle’s coating

BY

SID PERKINS

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Diseases spread in many ways. An infected person can cough or sneeze on someone nearby. Or, they can transfer germs through a handshake. But sometimes we pick up germs indirectly. A sick person might leave behind bacteria or viruses when they touch a doorknob, handrail, shopping cart handle or countertop. Anyone else who touches that surface may pick up the microbes. But what if those surfaces could disinfect themselves?

Two teens from Hong Kong asked themselves the same question. Now they’ve developed a door handle that can knock out germs on contact.

The concept is simple. Every time the door is opened, the movement creates power that triggers a germ-killing reaction on the handle. In lab tests, their system killed about 99.8 percent of the germs that they spread onto lab dishes coated with their material.

Research by others has shown that door handles in public areas often host lots of bacteria and viruses, notes 17-year-old Sum Ming (“Simon”) Wong. The tenth grader attends Church of Christ in China Tam Lee Lai Fun Memorial Secondary School in Tuen Mun, China. He and schoolmate Kin Pong (“Michael”) Li, 18, wanted to design a coating for door handles that would be hostile to germs.

After doing some research, they learned that a mineral called titanium dioxide is known to kill bacteria. It’s already used for other purposes in many products, from paints to sunscreens to edible puddings. To make their coating, the teens ground the mineral into a very fine powder.

Titanium dioxide kills bacteria best when lit by ultraviolet (UV) light, says Simon. UV wavelengths are among those in sunlight. But indoor handles and any used at night would have little natural exposure to UV light. So the teens are lighting their door handle from within. Now, every part of the coated handle will see UV light.

To make sure the interior light reaches the coated surface, the teens fashioned their door handle from a long cylinder of clear glass. Each end fits into a bracket. Inside one of the brackets is a strong light-emitting diode (LED). It emits UV light. (Transmitting the light from one end of the handle to the other is similar to the transmission of light through a fiber-optic cable. In this case, though, the glass handle is fat rather than super-thin.)

And here’s the nifty part: The power that makes the UV light shine comes from opening and closing the door. Simon and Michael designed a small gearbox that attaches to the door. Equipment inside the box converts the motion of those gears into electrical power. That power is then carried by wire to the light-emitting diode inside the door handle.

The teens presented details of their research here at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. This event was created by the Society for Science and the Public (which also publishes Science News for Students). The annual competition is sponsored by Intel. This year, it brought 1,702 finalists to Pittsburgh in mid-May from more than 70 countries.

The door handle system, Michael and Simon say, might cost no more than about $13 to build.

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THIS IS MY FAVOURITE LINE IN THE SHOW.

My tears

Psychology: Why do people do the thing? Sociology: How do people who do the thing interact with other people who do the thing? Anthropology: Who else has done/is doing the thing and where are they? Philosophy: What is the meaning of the thing? Where did the thing come from? Geology: Is the thing a rock?

#speaking as a geologist… #usually the answer is no #however sometimes #sometimes it is yes #and on that day we rejoice (via everythingfromdust)

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One of my favourite twitter trending topics I’ve seen in a while: #GirlsWithToys.

This came as a response to an Astronomer’s remarks that Scientists are ‘boys with toys’.

Glad to see such a strong response from the women of STEM. :)

95 hours per week

A fucking queen

Truly a queen !! 🙌🏾👏🏾

good job

I love them

they’re wondering what he’s looking for

“What is this, a billboard for ANTS?!?” Marvel is really having fun with the Ant-Man marketing aren’t they?

via NTTDS

ok but thats hillarious

jdiala

This urn will turn you into a tree after you die

Stay Hydrated with Infused Water…RECIPES

“Just because you’re a PeliCAN doesn’t mean you PeliSHOULD”