negative ions

Global Ionics has invented and introduced a weird device, called Beverage Power, which attaches to beverage glasses and is said to give more fizz and flavor using the science of electricity. Their claims sound like pseudoscience. They also have a toothbrush that uses electricity to loosen...

Yesterday, at a “natural foods coop”*that tends to cater to hippie-types, I saw something touted as a “Himalayan Salt lamp”.* Basically, it's a big lump of salt with a hollow space carved out for an incandescent light bulb. It was rather pretty to look at, but not, on that basis, worth the...

Does anyone know anything about the Ionetix proprietary technology? I've done a quick search of the forums here but came up empty. I'm having a debate with a close friend who is involved with new product development at Izzo Golf which is marketing the Callaway Golf Therapeutic Silicon Sport...

I've seen ads for various woo products which supposedly emit "negative ions" which are good for you- mostly candles and such stuff. Recently, I saw a claim that amber emits these negative ions. Now, I'm a chemist rather than a physicist, but it seems to me that the only thing that will emit...