A new Seattle-based social app for your smartphone called Down To Hang (DTH) launched its latest version on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Local creators Tim Strother and Skyler Bissell wanted to develop a solution to the dilemma of calling or texting and not receiving a response when you’re trying to make plans with friends. They began working part time on DTH in March of 2015 and the first version was released in September. The pair began working full time on the product in November 2015 and now DTH has evolved into its current version. In the app, users describe what they’re doing, choose how long their friends have to respond, and pick who to include. The app is simple, sleek and seeks to make it easier to spend more time with all your favorite friends.

Screenshots of new Seattle-based app Down to Hang

The Seattle Sounders have unveiled two new uniforms for the upcoming season. According to Q13, the Seattle Sounders announced a new primary and alternate uniform design with photos of the new wares on their app on Wednesday morning. Their primary uniform, which the team is calling Rave Green, is similar to the old uniform of blue shorts and an all-green shirt, but the new design has blue sleeves instead of green. The second uniform is a design that the team is calling Pacific Blue. According to The Seattle Times, the Sounders said in a statement that the Pacific Blue uniforms are, “Inspired by the Puget Sound, which helped give the Sounders franchise its name, the blues of the jersey reflect the colors of the sound that finds its home in Seattle.” There are also some new small details that have been added to the uniforms. Printed on the jersey’s neck tape is the chant, “Sky of blue, Sea of green” and printed on the lower left-hand corner on the front of the shirt is the City of Seattle crest. As for the teams third uniform, it will remain Olympic White. If you want to purchase an updated uniform, they will be on sale starting Friday at the CenturyLink Field Pro Shop at 6 p.m., where Sounders players will be handing out free T-shirts designed by the goalkeeper, Stefan Frei, to the first 500 people. 

South Seattle could soon be the location for another homeless encampment. According to KING 5, the Low Income Housing Institute is proposing the installment of a temporary tent encampment called Othello Village on MLK Jr. Way S. What’s more is that executive director Sharon Lee wrote in a letter to neighborhood residents that the long-term plan is to develop a new home for a food bank and to build 100 affordable apartments on that property and an adjacent property on Renton Avenue S. As reported by KING 5, Lee wrote, “As with any new development, it takes two to three years to design, finance and construct a new building. In the interim period, for one or two years, we are proposing to put in place a temporary tent encampment.” While the city will be responsible for paying operating costs including tents, a fence for the space, portable toilets, electricity, water and trash removal the 100 residents that live there will be responsible for the daily upkeep of the encampment and strict conduct rules will be enforced, including no drugs, alcohol or violence. Last year, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and the city council approved a new ordinance that allows for three temporary tent encampments in the city on public or private land. There are already two (one in Ballard and one in Interbay) and this encampent in South Seattle will be the third.  

A Seattle biotech company has developed a radiation-free dental scan called the S-Ray. Now, instead of forcing uncomfortable bitewings into your mouth or exposing yourself to radiation, the S-Ray connects to a laptop or tablet and does everything X-rays can do and more. “Digital X-rays require radiation, S-RAY does not,” said Scott Parker, DDS, executive vp of S-RAY told KING 5. The S-RAY mouthpiece scans the teeth with ultrasound sensors, similar to the technology doctors use to see an unborn baby, and within a minute, the S-RAY can give dentists a closer look at what’s going on inside your mouth. Dr. Parker said the S-Ray could provide crucial information for dental care including images of cracks and cavities in teeth, soft tissue data as well as create 3-D modeling. There are benefits from making the switch from the X-Ray to S-RAY. According to KING 5, experts believe S-RAY scans will be cheaper than X-rays and there are studies that show radiation from X-rays may cause benign tumors, which wouldn’t be a concern with the S-RAY because it only uses ultrasound, no radiation. Currently, the Seattle company behind S-RAY is now seeking FDA clearance.