Japanese buy into negative-ion fad; Numerous gadgets: Chemistry professor...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 9, 2002 ;     686 words ......deliver the soothing mood lifts of negative ions, those invisible bits of matter swarming...feature that fills the air with feel-good negative ions, or electrically charged atoms. "When I get mad at my kid, she tells me the negative ions don't seem to be working," the 46-year-o...

Science or bunk, negative ion fad has Japanese buying up feel-good gadgets

AP Worldstream;  June 11, 2002 ;     679 words ......deliver the soothing mood lifts of negative ions, those invisible bits of matter swarming...feature that fills the air with feel-good negative ions, or electrically charged atoms. When I get mad at my kid, she tells me the negative ions don't seem to be working, the 46-year-o...

JAPAN IN SEARCH OF FEEL-GOOD ATOMS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  June 7, 2002 ;     688 words ......deliver the soothing mood lifts of negative ions, those invisible bits of matter swarming...feature that fills the air with feel-good negative ions, or electrically charged atoms. When I get mad at my kid, she tells me the negative ions don't seem to be working, the 46-year-o...

Increasing recognition of negative ion fibers

JTN Monthly Asian Textile Business;  March 1, 2002 ;     313 words ......negative ion effects are becoming popular. Negative ions will give a good impression to consumers...expanding. There are many ways to generate negative ions in the air. Negative ions generated in the basin of a waterfall get...

Daiwabo Rayon Co., Ltd.

Asian Textile Business;  January 1, 2003 ;     561 words ..."Iorina Rayon" Viscose Rayon Generating Negative Ions "Iorina Rayon" is a viscose rayon staple...technology. "Iorina Rayon" generates negative ions. Generally, we feel relaxed and refreshed...environment generate a large amount of negative ions. Negative ions are called ...

Washing machine that does not need any water.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 26, 2005 ;     546 words ......clothes with jets of air primed with negative ions, which have the effect of clumping...instead of having to be drycleaned. Negative ions are molecules that have lost an electric...pressurised air that is filled with negative ions and antibacterial deodorants. 'We researched...

Toray develops new comfortable after-treatment

JTN Monthly Asian Textile Business;  July 1, 2001 ;     213 words ......bottom layer of the sea to produce negative ions. Sales of such comfortable materials...quality, and produce 2,000 units of negative ions per 1 cc by physical stimulation, such...40 times at home, the production of negative ions is still at a high level of 1,500 units...

Japan: Komatsu Seiren "World Finishing Base"

Asian Textile Business;  January 1, 2005 ;     189 words ...Komatsu Seiren Co., Ltd. started test operation in...official opening ceremony on November 11. The capital of Komatsu Seiren is US$29.5 million. Komatsu Seiren invested 51%, Mitsubishi Corporation 14%, Marubeni...

Sunlit develops apparel with negative ions

JTN Monthly;  December 1, 1999 ;     149 words ......Secaicho Corp. as a material generating negative ions. The firm will market the apparel from...summer 2000 items. "Section" can emit negative ions all the time and it can also emit far...It is also easy to finish "Section". Negative ions are said to be effective for restoring...

Japanese Inventors Develop Air Conditioning Apparatus

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 13, 2006 ;     322 words ......equal amounts of positive ions and negative ions are generated, and a bacteria removal...by emitting these positive ions and negative ions into the air. When the relay is turned...ions and a relatively large amount of negative ions are generated, and a relaxation effect...

Japan: Komatsu Seiren holding Europe show in October

JTN Monthly;  August 1, 2000 ;     168 words ...Komatsu Seiren Co., Ltd. is going to develop the...company will hold its own exhibition, "Komatsu Seiren Europe (Paris) Show" from October...own in Europe. This show focuses on Komatsu Seiren's global strategy. Its objective is...

Healing power of crystal lamps

The Malay Mail;  April 18, 2002 ;     381 words ......moisture in the room, and produce negative ions, generated from the warming...light bulbs inside them." These negative ions, he said, were oxygen atoms, and they boosted one's health. "Negative ions are proven to be natural healers...

Negative ions help retain freshness

Emerging Food R&D Report;  May 1, 1994 ;     198 words ......retention technique developed in Japan uses negative ions to prevent the proliferation of bacteria...with tuna fish, the application of negative ions resulted in surface bacteria numbering...while none grew on those treated with negative ions. The negative ion generator consists...

Ancient sea deposits used to after-treat fabrics with negative ions.

New Materials Japan;  September 1, 2001 ;     200 words ......the bottom of the seabed. The sea material helps produce negative ions in the fabric, which in turn are believed to have a healing...dyed. These ingredients are porous and produce 2000 units of negative ions for every 1 cc of physical stimulation, such as provided...

Japan's filament fabric dyeing firms

Asian Textile Business;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Dyers' Association and President of Komatsu Seiren Co., Ltd. says, "Domestic manufacturing...in different branches of industry. Komatsu Seiren To Start Operations in China According to Komatsu Seiren, the women's wear sector in the first...