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Have You Seen This? The most complicated dessert in the world
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This man understands the why of If you dont eat your meat, how can you have any pudding? - photo by Martha Ostergar
Martha Ostergar
KSL.com
Published: Apr 24, 2018, 1:39 PM
THE KITCHEN Im sure Pink Floyd was only trying to make sure we all eat balanced meals when they yelled at us through lo-fi, How can you have any pudding if you dont eat your meat?

Its a complicated question that haunts parents and children to this day. (Side note: If you dont already know, pudding is a general name for desserts in the U.K.). Thats why Joseph of Josephs Machines attempts to explain, in the most complicated terms, that if you eat your balanced meal, yummy desserts will make their way to you.

OK, so thats not really his motive. But he did make a piece of pineapple upside-down cake the most complicated dessert in the world as the prize at the end of an intricate (if not elegant) Rube Goldberg machine. All he has to do is eat his nutritious meal to put the dessert-delivering machine in action.

This particular machine has something for everyone mayhem, destruction of valuable and invaluable property, babies, suspense, cleverness, comedy, and more than one happy ending (including getting his pudding because he ate his meat). Its basically like watching several genre-specific movies in less than three minutes. It even has its own ambiguous title The Cake Server which is a perfect title for a wedding-themed rom-com or last job and Im out heist movie.

Joseph has made several other machines of different types, but he says in the video description that this is by far his largest, and it took him three months to make.

If you want to see more of his slightly twisted machine genius, check out his YouTube channel, Josephs Machines.
Its toxic: New study says blue light from tech devices can speed up blindness
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A new study from the University of Toledo found that blue light from digital devices can transform molecules in your eyes retina into cell killers. - photo by Herb Scribner
Herb Scribner
Deseret News
Published: Aug 13, 2018, 1:39 PM
It turns out checking Twitter or Facebook before bed is bad for your health.

A new study from the University of Toledo found that blue light from digital devices can transform molecules in your eyes retina into cell killers.

That process can lead to age-related macular degeneration, which is a leading cause of blindness in the United States, according to the researchs extract.

Blue light is a common issue for many modern Americans. Blue light is emitted from screens, most notably at night, causing sleep loss, eye strain and a number of other issues.

Dr. Ajith Karunarathne, assistant professor in the UT Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, said our constant exposure to blue light cant be blocked by the lens or cornea.

"It's no secret that blue light harms our vision by damaging the eye's retina. Our experiments explain how this happens, and we hope this leads to therapies that slow macular degeneration, such as a new kind of eye drop, he said.

Macular degeneration is an incurable eye disease that often affects those in their 50s or 60s. It occurs after the death of photoreceptor cells in the retina. Those cells need retinal to sense light and help signal the brain.

The research team found blue light exposure created poisonous chemical molecules that killed photoreceptor cells

"It's toxic. If you shine blue light on retinal, the retinal kills photoreceptor cells as the signaling molecule on the membrane dissolves," said Kasun Ratnayake, a Ph.D. student researcher working in Karunarathne's cellular photo chemistry group. "Photoreceptor cells do not regenerate in the eye. When they're dead, they're dead for good."

However, the researchers found a molecule called alpha-tocopherol, which comes from Vitamin E, can help prevent cell death, according to Futurism.

The researchers plan to review how light from TVs, cellphones and tablet screens affect the eyes as well.

"If you look at the amount of light coming out of your cellphone, it's not great but it seems tolerable," said Dr. John Payton, visiting assistant professor in the UT Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. "Some cellphone companies are adding blue-light filters to the screens, and I think that is a good idea."

Indeed, Apple released a Night Shift mode two years ago to help quell blue lights strain on the eyes, according to The Verge. The screen will dim into a warmer, orange light that will cause less stress on the eyes.