Dispensary Corner 09 May 12
May 9, 2012
HEARING loss?
Cyclists can now cause
themselves and those around
them serious hearing loss, with
the launch of a new bike that is
said to be louder than a Concorde
plane.
The Hornster bicycle comes
equipped with a triple air horn,
which is fitted to an Airchime
KH3A from an American
locomotive which runs off a
scuba diving cylinder.
The noise of the horn can go as
loud as 178 decibels, enough to
deafen both motorist and cyclist
should it be honked in anger.
The bike was created by designer
Yannick Read in collaboration
with the UK Environmental
Transport Association, to bring
awareness about the dangers
faced by cyclists on city roads.
“The same quietness that
makes bicycles such a civilised
way of getting around makes
them vulnerable to inattentive
motorists - the Hornster is a
wake-up call for drivers who
don’t pay attention to bikes,”
said Read.
The Hornster does not come
cheap however, retailing at
around £4,995 (aprox AU$7,980).
FLATULENCE can be dangerous.
British scientists have posited
that the cause of the global
warming climate change which
occurred around 150 million
years ago, could have been
flatulence by giant dinosaurs.
Published in Current Biology,
the study scaled up the amount
of gastric wind in cows to a
suitable dinosaur level, and
concluded that the dinasaurs
emitted around 520 million tons
of methane (greenhouse gas)
every year.
However the blame for the gas
rests not solely with the
dinosaurs, but in main part,
according to the scientists, to the
microbes living in the dinosaurs’
guts which created the methane
the dinosaurs expelled.
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