MIT Cooling Wristband Could make AC Obsolete

[leemajors]

http://www.wired.com/2013/10/an-ingenious-wristband-that-keeps-your-body-at-the-perfect-temperature-no-ac-required/


Wristify, as they call their device, is a thermoelectric bracelet that regulates the temperature of the person wearing it by subjecting their skin to alternating pulses of hot or cold, depending on what’s needed. The prototype recently won first place at this year’s MADMEC, an annual competition put on by the school’s Materials Science and Engineering program, netting the group a $10,000 prize, which they’ll use to continue its development. It’s a promising start to a clever approach that could help alleviate a serious energy crisis. But as Sam Shames, the MIT senior who helped invent the technology, explains, the team was motivated by a more prosaic problem: keeping everyone happy in a room where no one can agree where to set the thermostat.

Yes, please.

[Fpoonsie]

Wow. That's...incredible.

Almost worth the inevitable cancer.

[Blake]

Wow. That's...incredible.

Almost worth the inevitable cancer.

Lol that was my first thought too

[DPG21920]

In places like Texas, AC isn't just for cooling you off. It's not like you can just shut down your AC in the Summer when you are cooled off as your house would fall apart :lol

[The Reckoning]

true. a house will rot in a day without AC.

[Blake]

In places like Texas, AC isn't just for cooling you off. It's not like you can just shut down your AC in the Summer when you are cooled off as your house would fall apart :lol

Lolwut

[DPG21920]

Lolwut

AC's are critical in warm weather places. I've seen numerous houses with severe issues when left in the heat with no AC running for a Summer.

[leemajors]

AC's are critical in warm weather places. I've seen numerous houses with severe issues when left in the heat with no AC running for a Summer.

You can set your AC at 85 and have it feel like 70 with the wristband then, save quite a bit?

[DPG21920]

You can set your AC at 85 and have it feel like 70 with the wristband then, save quite a bit?

Maybe, 85 degrees is pretty warm. It's the same for cold weather areas and using the heater (frozen pipes, ect...). I was just pointing out the function of AC units is not just human comfort. There is a purpose. Very cool idea, was just making a small comment.

[cantthinkofanything]

You can duplicate this by sticking your hand in a bucket of icewater.

[leemajors]

Maybe, 85 degrees is pretty warm. It's the same for cold weather areas and using the heater (frozen pipes, ect...). I was just pointing out the function of AC units is not just human comfort. There is a purpose. Very cool idea, was just making a small comment.

The last house I lived in the AC couldn't really keep it under 80 in most of the house when it was over 100. Was a pretty drafty place, but big and cheap.

[ChumpDumper]

Worst name ever, but walking around with a Pentium III heat sink on your wrist could be pretty neat.

[leemajors]

Worst name ever, but walking around with a Pentium III heat sink on your wrist could be pretty neat.

Cooler Master was already taken.

[Blake]

AC's are critical in warm weather places. I've seen numerous houses with severe issues when left in the heat with no AC running for a Summer.

Like what

[DPG21920]

Like what

Everything from paint issues, to appliance/electronic issues & even more severe things like structural issues.

[cantthinkofanything]

Everything from paint issues, to appliance/electronic issues & even more severe things like structural issues.

Plus melted candy and cheeses and stuff.

[xmas1997]

In places like Texas, AC isn't just for cooling you off. It's not like you can just shut down your AC in the Summer when you are cooled off as your house would fall apart :lol

Not in Texas. Back in the day, even before water coolers for that matter, they cooked outside in the summer and they had ceiling to floor windows.
Sounds pretty cool to me.
Maybe modern houses would fall apart or rot, but I think that is not true.

[Blake]

Everything from paint issues, to appliance/electronic issues & even more severe things like structural issues.

Neh. Maybe a few minor electrical issues, but if a structure is built to code, A/C is not a necessity for structural issues. Otherwise it would be a building code requirement.

[xmas1997]

If it really and truly works, and if it saves money, then I am all for it.

[DarrinS]

Getting overheated, but having some device trick you into thinking your cool, seems like a bad idea.

[DarrinS]

I guess we can leave kids in parked cars now, as long as they have a CPU heat sink on their foreheads.

[DarrinS]

At least they'll be comfortable when they pass out.

[baseline bum]

AC obsolete? LOL, yeah, that wristband will make you feel great sleeping August nights when it's 78 with 100% relative humidity.

[baseline bum]

You can set your AC at 85 and have it feel like 70 with the wristband then, save quite a bit?

Ain't gonna feel like 70 when your body is sticky as hell from all the water in the air with our typical 76-80 degree nighttime dewpoints in the summer.

[Asshole]

If it really and truly works, and if it saves money, then I am all for it.

What if it worked and cost money? Would you steal it?

[xmas1997]

What if it worked and cost money? Would you steal it?

My original statement holds.

[Asshole]

My original statement holds.

Cool, man. Of course I was asking if you'd steal really, no one gives a shit about a particular product.

[DMC]

You can duplicate this by sticking your hand in a bucket of icewater.

Very difficult to masturbate like that though.

[leemajors]

AC obsolete? LOL, yeah, that wristband will make you feel great sleeping August nights when it's 78 with 100% relative humidity.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDzgqb7hJXw

[DD]

I want one tbh

[The Gemini Method]

Very difficult to masturbate like that though.

stick your off-hand in the ice and keep your lead hand jerkin' it--problem solved everyone goes home happy and no nagging demand to cuddle.

[Medvedenko]

What's Cal-Culus...lol

[leemajors]

What's Cal-Culus...lol

best line of his career

[baseline bum]

best line of his career

I don't care what you say, the stars are still there ese.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Could I get one with a clock on it, or maybe a pedometer?

[leemajors]

I don't care what you say, the stars are still there ese.

I think we can settle on best role for sure

[BillMc]

Wow. That's...incredible.

Almost worth the inevitable cancer.

:lol