What is the most effective (and safe/natural) way to boost negative ions indoors? And is this beneficial?
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Rock salt lamps?\n\n"Salt lamps have proven their ability to improve breathing, reduce stress, reduce headaches and aid with asthma and allergies. Many of these problems are due to today’s electrical environment which is generating Positive ions that are harmful. Salt lamps when warmed by a bulb or tea lights or candle will emit negative ions that will saturate the surrounding air and neutralize the harmful positive ions thus making a fresh atmosphere - similar to a stroll by the sea or after a thunderstorm."
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Mainly there are two types on maintenace you need to perform. One of the posters has it correct that you need to keep your Windows patches up to date, since they usually fix security flaws. Anti-Virus software is nice to have, but if you do not download or execute unknown programs and all you do is surf the net, you truely do not need one. Defragging is good to do but you really only need to do it once a month or when you uninstall a large program of some sort.\nThe second type of maintenance is physical. Dust collects inside your computer, so peridoically you will want to open your computer and used compressed canned air to dust off your computer. DO NOT use a towel, since this will create static eletricity and that is bad. Only use canned air. Another poster said to turn off your computer when you are not using it and that is not recommended. The thing the uses the most eletricity is the monitor and all you have to do is just have that turned off when you are not using it, but you would want to keep your computer on almost at all times. The reason for this is that when you turn on your computer everytime, a jolt of eletricity goes through the motherboard and doing this on a consistent basis will wear down your computer alot and will make it more siceptible (sp) to the motherboard crashing. Keeping on the computer itself, not including the monitor, does not use that much eletricity.
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Don't open windows when the weather is warm, pollen rises during the night, wafting into your room on a light breeze and can contribute to more severe symptoms in the morning.  An air purifier like the Ionic Breeze would probably work wonders.  Try propping up on more pillows and use hypo-allergenic materials whenever possible.
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Materials needed:\n     1 lemon\n     1 paper clip\n     1 copper wire (18 guage works well)\n\nProcedure:\n     1.   Straighten out the wire of the paper clip.\n\n     2.   Cut a piece of copper wire roughly the same length\n          as the paper clip.  Remove the insulation.\n\n     3.   Push the paper clip and the copper wire into the \n  lemon.  Keep the wires as close together as you\n          can, but don't let them touch.\n\n     4.   The fruit battery is now ready for use.  If you\n          have a voltmeter you can test how many volts\n          the battery produces.  You can also taste the\n          two wires and feel a tingle in your tongue.\n          (Note: you should only do this for very low\n          voltages such as those given off by lemons.)\n\nHow it works:\nAcids, such as the citric acid in lemons, tend to produce chemical substances called ions. These ions either have too many electrons (negative) or not enough (positive) Metals tend to attact these ions. \n\nOne type of metal will attract the negative ions and the other will attract the positive ions. This causes the two metals to have different electrical charges and electricity will flow from one to the other whenever you attach the battery to something like a radio (or your tongue). \n\nIncidently, the flow of electricity will eventually neutralize the ions. When this happens the battery is dead. \nand also see:
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positive rays or energy in oneself is a result of what we think and do, how calm and collected we are. \n\nin order to enhance our positivity in aura as well as energy, we need to think positive and be positive. thinking good things, seeing the bright side of things and having benevolent thoughts towards others aer some of teh things which we can do in our daily lives and increase upon our positive energies.\n\nother than these some things like following a regimen praying regularly for the betterment of self and the world around having non healthy and fresh food, helping others and smiling also helps.\n\nalso some specific incantations in the morning at a regular basis has been known to help increase our positive aura.\n\nthe basic thing is to try and keep your heart and mind as pure as possible, to have a positive outlook towards life in general helps expand positivity in oneself.
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Cinnamon is a great booster. A teaspoon in your morning coffee works wonders. \n\nGreen tea has other benefits than as a booster - keep drinking it. BUT, as with all herbal regimens, take time off from it every couple of weeks UNLESS ordered otherwise by a Dr.
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Well i remember I did a research on hidroelectric plants. And the good thing is you can make aworking model using some water and a bicycle generator hooked to a small light bulb (holiday decoration ones or others like that) also any kind of research that involves things the evaluator can actually see working and moving is always a plus. Just stay away from volcanoes, while they ARE very interesting, its been done quite a few times. Hot air ballons are cool, some china paper glued to make the ballon and a aluminum plate with a candle to keep the air warm (you inflate it with a hair dryer) and you have yourself a working model, plus you have all the data refering how hot air is less dense than cold air etc...there are a lot of cool things you can do out ther and believe me Internet IS going to be VERY useful
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You can create electricity using an ionizing chamber. The source has to be relatively strong to create a minimal ammount of electricity. One downfall of gamma radiation is that it can be reduced significantly by dense particles. it would be economically non feasible. It is currently being used to determine material density by measuring the voltage produced at the ionization chamber. The higher the voltage, the less density the material is. Usually in the 0-5 volts range depending on the source bequerel.
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If you stick two electrodes with a light bulb into salty water, the light will shine brightly, showing that it really is a good conductor of electricity. The more ions you add, the more brightly the light will shine.\n\nSo in other words, it sure is a good conductor and it is one because of the NaCl-  (Sodium chloride) in it.
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Here are some ideas to look at:\n\nSoft cloth, anti-static cloth, water, specialized screen cleaner, microfiber cleaning cloths\n\nTechnique:\n\n1. Conventional wisdom is that you should only clean a screen with a damp cloth, as many screens have an anti-glare coating that you risk damaging if you use a harsh household cleaner. Even traditional window cleaners can damage some coatings and screens, especially on laptop computers. Always check your manual.\n\n2. Screen wipes are also available which are also great for the keyboard and general cleaning. Wipe your screen first, then the keyboard, mouse, and casing. Stop your computer from getting dirty in the first place by having them handy to wipe the grease off your fingers after eating junk food. \n\n3. If you are using just a damp cloth to wipe the screen, be sure to dry it off as well to prevent streaking.\n\n4. When cleaning the monitor casing use a soft cloth with your cleaning fluid. Always spray onto the cloth, not the equipment!\n\n5. Antistatic sprays and other specialty cleaning chemicals are very common, and are formulated so they will not cause damage to even the most sensitive screens. Their effectiveness is questioned by some, but others swear by them. The theory is that as the product cleans it leaves a neutral charge, whereas a positive or negative charge will attract dust. The effectiveness is likely more a result of environment, but considering the insignificant cost it is probably worth it.\n\nMy favorite is using a good microfiber cloth slightly damp on one side and polishing clean with the dry side, I really never use chemical.  The microfiber cloths are really great that way.
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i would try to find two sheets of a fine metal mesh. Use the first sheet to charge the incoming air and the second sheet as the negative attracting grid. place them about an inch from eachothers and attach the positive and negative terminals each to a sheet. I would use a car battery as this gives you the most voltage of something that is portable. Whatever source you get make sure it is dc and that each sheet of wire mesh is insulated from the other or else the electrostatic effect wont work. Or if you have ever seen the ionic breeze by sharper image it uses three or four metal plates placed side by side to achieve dust collection. This may work also.
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You could experiment with various mixtures, solutions, and compounds around the house, like saltwater, cleaning solutions, cooking ingredients, clean water, beverages, or stuff like that.  Find an electrolyte tester, or you can make one yourself by connecting a battery and a lightbulb to two independent probes (alligator clips work really well for this), then dip the probes into the liquids to see if there are enough electrolytes in the solution to sustain an electric current by recording whether or not the light bulb lights up.
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fairly easy, not 100% ionized but increases the concentration of H+, obviously a weak acid ^^
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When you go to touch something metallic (or the kids, LOL), hold a key or some other metallic object in your hand, and touch the car door, fridge, whatever, with the key instead of your hand.  You'll still feel a shock, but it's only about half as bad, (I guess) because you're allowing the current to flow through a larger area of your hand, rather than the little "lightning bolt" attacking one little spot on your hand.  I discovered that by accident many years ago; probably as I went to unlock my car door.\n\nAlso, you can reduce the static electricity generation by using a humidifier in the dry months.
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Static electricity gets worse when it's dry... low humidity.  You can't do much about that outside, but you can always get a humidifier for your house. Use moisturizers on your skin, switch to cotton clothing, use dryer-sheets at the laundry, use a metal object (like a key) to touch metal things like doorknobs after shuffling along your rug.  Along those lines, pick up your feet when you walk so they're not sliding.  If no key is available, try grounding yourself by touching something like the wall before touching a metal object or a person (or pet!) Experiment with different shoes.  My leather boots are the worst!
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Cations are positive, and are attracted to the cathode, which is negative.
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None of the above.\n\nIt will repel another positive change,\nattract a negative charge,\nand not interact with a neutral charge.