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The Five Biggest Myths About Saving Energy In The Summer

This summer is a hot one. With money tight and temperatures high, there’s a temptation to test out unconventional ways to beat the the heat. But these odd home remedies can end up wasting energy and costing more money. Here’s how to know what really works when you want to keep cool for cheap.

22 July 2012

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All-Season Jacket Turns Inside-Out To Keep You Warm Or Cool

An Austrian company has developed a new kind of triple-layer fabric that allows this jacket to keep the wearer either warm or cool depending on how they wear it — making it the perfect accessory for globe-hopping adventurers who prefer to travel light.

29 January 2010

Wall-Mounted Wood Stove: Cool Enough To Make Them Viable Again

Who cares that wood stoves are environmentally unfriendly and are heavily regulated in some areas? This one hangs on the wall, people!

10 December 2009

Gadgets

How Well Do You Think This Walnut Pause Heater Works?

We’re always intrigued when a gadget tries to execute its function while simultaneously looking like it doesn’t. This Walnut Pause Heater, which uses IR to heat your body, also has built-in speakers.

16 October 2009

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Sweden’s New Green Tech: Heating Homes With Bunny Corpses

“It sure is warm and toasty in here! Is that a wood stove?” I asked. “Why no,” she replied. “I’m burning the corpses of thousands of bunnies.” Then there was an awkward silence.

11 March 2009

Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review

With two products, a touchscreen thermostat and a wireless portable thermostat remote, Honeywell has changed how I control my heating and cooling forever. In a good way.

1 January 2009

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Swedish Town Using Cremation Heat to Warm Houses

Is this Swedish town that’s routing heat from its crematorium to local homes morbid or brilliant? Let’s just call them brilliantly morbid.

19 November 2008

USB Monkey Hand Warmer Is For Your Hands, Not A Monkey’s

So many options to describe this product: “stick your hands up a (USB) monkey for warmth” or “cheat the chills with chimp USB mitts.” I’m sure you can do better. It’s a pair of monkey-shaped USB hand warmers, for when you’re typing in the cold, or you’re a sufferer of chilly hands. They get up to 46 degrees in just five minutes, have a built-in wrist support for “supporting your tired wrist when using Mouse or Keyboard” and they’ll fit hands up to 17 x 11 cm, or thereabouts, and when they’re up to temp you can even disconnected them for freestyle use. [Gadget4All] galleryPost('usbmonkeys', 3, '');

30 October 2008

Coiled ‘Garden Hose’ Radiator is Versatile, Mobile

Generally, I don’t consider radiators to be all that interesting (unless it is shaped like a Lego brick), but this coiled radiator design from Ciussai is definitely an exception. The metal wire tubing can be wound and stretched much like a garden hose, which gives it far more functionality than simply heating a room. For example: you can coil it around a bar to dry clothes or lay it on your bed to warm things up on a cold night. I don’t know how safe all of this is, but I love the idea. And the best part is that it can actually be purchased from Ad Hoc—although pricing details are unknown.

29 October 2008

Thanko Heating Cooling Keyboard Is Ready For Any Weather

Sure, that Thanko cooling fan keyboard was a great addition to your desktop for the summer, but temperatures have gotten chillier now and we’re all wondering how to keep our wrists warm. Why, with Thanko’s upgraded heating AND cooling keyboard, of course! The wintertime edition has three different warming spots that’ll make your hands all toasty. And if things get too hot, switch it back to fan mode to cool your fingers off. This miraculous weather-weathering peripheral is available on the Thanko website for roughly $US50. [Thanko via Akihabara News]

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