If you like honey, chances are you’ve eaten this bug’s poop before

Plus, gaming hardware turned ventilator and the answer to keeping your phone clean [View this email in your browser]( The Futurist is powered by StackCommerce. Your exclusive daily dose of inspiring articles that feed your curiosity and mind. Don’t want to stay one step ahead of the rest? Unsubscribe below. /innovation [Maingear is building ventilators using gaming PC cases]( To help combat the ventilator shortage the current global pandemic has highlighted across the world, PC gaming company Maingear has developed a ventilator that uses an old version of a PC gaming case as the chassis. It’s designed to be used with a touchscreen interface and automatic operation, so healthcare workers could start delivering oxygen to patients in as little as 1.5 seconds. [Engadget]( /lifehack [If you're running low on toilet paper, this $20 kit has got your back(side)]( Meet the Happy Sit Kit: a fantastic idea from a different era when we all did things like "leave the house" and "buy packs of toilet paper at the store." Comprised of every bathroom essential you need — sanitary wipes, toilet paper, toilet seat covers, hand sanitizer, air freshener, and a mirror — it was originally designed to keep you covered every time you had to go, on the go. These days, however, we could all use a few of these right at home. Because in all seriousness, where does one even find toilet paper at this point? [Mashable]( /explore [Learn Emergency Management at Georgetown]( Be the leader that helps communities stay disaster-resilient. [Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies]( has the training you need, 100% online. /science [Meet Mabel: An Aphid, otherwise known as the bug that poops candy]( These weird cousins of bed bugs and cicadas spend their days sucking up so much sap from plants that their excretions are literal sweet syrup called honeydew, which is adored by ants and bees alike. In fact, there are some species of bees that use this honeydew to make honey, which we then, ya know, eat. So that’s not troubling at all. [Boing Boing]( /health [If you don’t already have blue light glasses (which, how?) these are the ones you need]( If you’ve gone from staring at a computer screen all day in an office to staring at a computer screen all day at home, you may think not much has changed. But the office brings natural distractions that tear you away from that screen from time to time, like in-person meetings and lunches. Now that all of that has moved online as well, you actually might be staring at that screen more than ever. Blue light blocking glasses can help you try to mitigate some of that damage by filtering out the harmful light from your computer and phone screens that causes eye strain, headaches and more. [This super-affordable pair from Cyxus]( comes highly recommended, well-reviewed, and in over 20 different colors. /tech [Your phone is still disgusting — but this can help you keep it clean for good]( Remember when we told you that [your smartphone was 7 times dirtier than your toilet]( Have you been wiping it obsessively with clorox ever since? That’s….fine, but we’ve got a better option for you. [This smartphone sanitizer]( uses UV-C light to kill any lingering bacteria on your phone while wirelessly charging it, and can even double as an aromatherapy diffuser. Gotta love technology. /posted [@j.oshâ]( Spread the word [Forward The Futurist to a friend]( THE FUTURIST [Advertise]( [Talk to Us](mailto:marketing@stackcommerce.com) | [Shop]( Like what you see? [Subscribe]( Powered by StackCommerce 21 market street venice, ca 90291 [unsubscribe](