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10:20AM Mark Wilson | Sometimes the extra little bit of effort pays off. [Photo by Sarah Ji via Chicago Reader]
Random Stuff
This Is How Office Assistants In Tiny Shorts Fight Freezing
6:40AM Jesus Diaz | I came today to Gawker’s office—under 35C heat and 95 per cent humidity — to find Julia, our brilliant office assistant, typing inside a Slanket, hiding her shorter-than-short shorts. My first reaction: “What the hell are you doing?” Her explanation was good. More »
Vehicles
Car Air Conditioning System Adjust To Your Mental Activity
3:00AM Jesus Diaz | After having survived a weekend with a crazy silly driver, I wish Nissan didn’t spend money on creating a new car AC system that adjusts to the “driver’s mental activity,” releasing aromas, controlling humidity, and injecting breezes and plasmacluster ions. More »
Gadgets
Why Is Japan So Sweaty?
12:00AM Jack Loftus | Imagine Slate columnist Daniel Gross’s surprise when he arrived at the Nekkei offices in Japan and was greeted by businessmen, sans ties. To appear so casual in the workplace is almost sacrilege in Japan, and yet here it was, happening. More »
Gadgets
CoolCop Is a Hose That Runs AC Right Into Your Shirt, But Only if You’re a Cop
8:40AM Adam Frucci | You know you’ve made it as an inventor when you’re selling a vacuum cleaner hose to cops for $US50 that’s designed to run from their car’s AC vents to their shirts. More »
Gadgets
Vent-Miser Freezes Out the Guests On Schedule
2:00AM Mark Wilson | File these under “new to me” category, but while I’d seen programmable thermostats before, I’d never encountered a vent that opened and closed on a timer. More »
Regulars
10 Gadgets For Air-Conditioned Summer Survival
6:00AM Sean Fallon | For many of us, the first day of summer starts just before midnight tonight. That means it is time to start thinking about how to beat the heat when the temperatures soar and the air conditioning unit in your home or office inevitably breaks down. In this scenario, survival means being prepared for anything. The following summertime gadgets will ensure that you have all of your bases covered.
Peripherals
Air-Conditioned Tie 2.0 From Thanko Knot Very Fabulous, Really
10:40PM Gizmodo US Edition | Those egg-heads from Thanko have spent the best part of a year banging their large, domed cerebelli together, tackling what is without doubt the biggest question that the human race faces this millennium: how to upgrade their air-conditioned tie. And this is what they came up with—hiding the fan grille behind the fabric. Let us stop on this Friday morning (day, slow, news, a, it’s, yeah. Now make a sentence out of that) and consider the evidence: More »
Design
Air-Conditioned Bed Is Almost Way Cheaper Than A/C
6:40AM Mark Wilson | For those who have been softened by years of artificially produced 22-degree work, sleep and play, this “air-conditioned bed” is a promising tool to fight midsummer sleep sweat. A simple air pad that circulates fresh air under your body, the air-conditioned bed gets the cool air just where you need it–under your sweaty backside (a lesser man might call it “swass”). And for a measly 24 cents a day in operating costs, the US$399 price tag becomes a little more reasonable. [Japan Trendshop via Techfresh] More »
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