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Saddest Site Ever? 'See Your Folks' Reminds You to See Your Parents… Before They Pass on

By Hazel Chua on Jul 27, 2013 11:00 am

See Your Folks is a new website that's gotten the attention of a lot of people. It's not a new social network or some photo-sharing site. Rather, it's a calculator of sorts that lets you know how many times you're going to see your parents before they die.

It sounds morbid, but that wasn't the intention of the site creators.

Co-create Luke Tipping explains: "We believe that increasing awareness of death can help us to make the most of our lives. The right kind of reminders can help us to focus on what matters, and perhaps make us better people."

That definitely makes sense. It's kind of like an extension to World Parent's Day, only it's not just a day because it essentially encourages everyone to go see their parents more.

Head on over to See Your Folks to see how high (or low) your number is… and do something about it while you still can.

Kite Patch Keeps Mosquitoes (and the Diseases They Carry) Away

By Hazel Chua on Jul 27, 2013 10:00 am

Those evil mosquitoes just keep on biting. They're carriers of deadly diseases like dengue fever and malaria and every day, kids get bites that could turn out to be fatal. There are a lot of anti-mosquito and anti-insect lotions and sprays being sold, but they're a cause for concern sometimes to parents who worry about slathering their kids in repellents that contain DEET.

Then along came Kite. Kite is a patch that is supposed to be stuck on the person's clothing. Once it's there, it can make the wearer "invisible" to mosquitoes for up to 48 hours. Unlike most conventional mosquito repellants, Kite uses non-toxic compounds that interrupt the mosquito's ability to find people through carbon dioxide detection.

The technology was developed by Olfactor Laboratories and the University of California with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.

A project to send Kite patches to Uganda is currently up for funding on Indiegogo, and has already generated more than 3.5 times its goal with over a month left to raise funds.

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