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Wednesday, August 2, 2006
High tech ways to keep cool
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s hard to think about anything but the heat outside these days. So I decided to take a look at how high tech can keep you a little cooler. Well, there’s always a pith helmet with a solar-powered fan if you don’t mind losing every shred of dignity.
If you actually wore the thing you might want to have a soft drink or beer that comes in a self-cooling bottle.
Or, for those with the money, how about buying the same spacesuit used by the astronauts. There is a movement afoot to adapt them and their cooling systems to hot applications on earth.
These scientists think they have the answer, although I’m not exactly sure I can figure it out. You stick your hand in a sealed chamber, pump out some air and … well, you can read about it here.
Even if you give the pith helmet a pass, keep in mind that your PCs at home create a lot of heat. That chip gets hot enough to fry an egg. So turn the thing off when you’re not using it to avoid adding to the heat load in your home.
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