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10 Gadgets For Air-Conditioned Summer Survival

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. More »

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4:00 PM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Sean Fallon
22,847 views, 40 comments

Latest by n/a: ice sauna? hot girl. but really i don't understand the sauna thing, ten below is not good unless your speaking of *swing* more »

thanko

Air-Conditioned Tie 2.0 From Thanko Knot Very Fabulous, Really

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 »

8:40 AM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By AddyDugdale
4,697 views, 17 comments

Latest by haggie: Does the other end of the AC tie give you head? That's what it looks like from the pics... more »

summer

Air-Conditioned Bed Is Almost Way Cheaper Than A/C

For those who have been softened by years of artificially produced 72-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 $399 price tag becomes a little more reasonable. [Japan Trendshop viaLikecool]

4:40 PM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Mark Wilson
9,520 views, 29 comments

Latest by n/a: I can not imagine how man has been able to sleep for the last 10,000 years without one of these. oh wait a minute... he has. Thank God for worthless inventions. more »

samsung

Do We Care About Air-Conditioning Units? We Do When They Have Friends Like Her

This is Samsung's new air-conditioning unit from its Hauzen range. Blah blah blah blah pretty laydee blah blah legs blah blah is she smiling at me blah blah BLAH. Gallery below, and feel free to improve on my captions in the comments. [Akihabara News]

8:45 AM on Wed May 21 2008
By AddyDugdale
26,623 views, 58 comments

cars

Self-Installed Car/Home A/C Unit, Part II

There's apparently more than one man who thinks it's a fantastic idea to strap a home AC unit to a car and drive it around. This Toyota Camry station wagon, snapped by a bug-eyed Jalopnik reader, has the AC strapped on the back, instead of the top, so that it can easily kill whoever's tailgating behind him if the driver ever decides to cut the attachment rope. This is easily the second worst looking Toyota Camry model we've ever seen—the first being every other Toyota Camry on the road. [Jalopnik]

1:00 PM on Tue Aug 28 2007
By Jason Chen
5,137 views, 25 comments

Latest by robinandtami: I'd have to guess a second alternator dedicated solely to the AC unit. An alternator capable of powering that AC and all of the other needs of the vehicle as well would be pretty expensive, and it's quite obvious this more »

cheap

How to Get Free Air Conditioning From Your Water System

Some cheap guy came up with a way to get "free" air conditioning by cycling up his 50-degree well water through a home-made pipe/radiator system and dispersing the coolness into his house. It's really, really ugly, but it does save some money on your cooling bill. Useful if you live in really hot areas and have a well. That's all of us, right? [Instructables via ]

3:00 PM on Fri Aug 17 2007
By Jason Chen
13,224 views, 26 comments

air con

Herman Miller C2 Climate Control for the Cubicle

This week, San Francisco is entering another one of those "heatwaves" as the newspaper calls them. That's 75 degrees, for those of you uninitiated to the reality of Bay Area micro climates. Which makes me think of this mini electric climate controller from the Herman Miller Be Collection. More »

1:32 PM on Wed Jun 13 2007
By Brian Lam
6,609 views, 12 comments

the biggest decision of your life

Air Conditioner or TiVo, You Decide

YouTube user Brainfreiz is having one hell of a predicament that is going to force him to decide between having air conditioning or TiVo. Watch the video to see how he got to that point and help him decide. It is a hot bitch out there, but taking away a man's TiVo is like taking away his soul. Personally, I think there should be ways to work around the problem, but for dramatic purposes it is only appropriate that he has to choose one or the other. –Travis Hudson More »

2:01 PM on Wed May 30 2007
By Travis Hudson
2,536 views, 30 comments

Latest by gardyngrrrl: As far as the AC vs TIVO is concerned.....PUT the damn TIVO in another room and set a fan (you know...a box fan) in the door and ENOUGH already. Jeeeeeeeeeeeez. Does common sense come into this picture at all? Signed- Disgruntled Single Mom of more »

canned freshness

Air-Con in a Can Helps you Keep your Cool

Portable air conditioning used to mean something Marshall amp-sized (preferably on wheels) that you could fill with water, hoick from room to room, dangle the hose out of the window and plug in. Well, my friends, those days are gone, and instead you can lower the temperature with air-con in a can. For $5 you get a 220ml can filled with all sorts of lovely chemicals, including ethanol (so no smoking while you're spraying or you might find yourself flambĂ©ing your armpit hair) to keep your temperatures crypt-like in the summer months. More »

7:20 AM on Wed May 2 2007
By Addy Dugdale
5,207 views, 19 comments

Latest by cybergrunt: while people die of starvation and horrible diseases it's good to know that really important technologies like this are being invented and invested in.. more »

gadgets

Desktop AC Keeps Your Immediate Surroundings Cool

Since you never leave your desk anyways, there's no real point in air conditioning your entire house. I mean, why waste money on keeping all those rooms cool when you just need to keep your palmsweat from making you miss a frag in Counter-Strike? More »

11:52 AM on Thu Dec 21 2006
By www.gizmodo.com
1,007 views, 8 comments

gadgets

Honda Stays Cool, Old Skool

Everybody's trying to stay cool this summer, and Honda is resorting to old-school low-tech for its Ohio plant, cooling it with good old-fashioned ice. During off-hours, at night when power is cheaper, they're using two 450-ton chillers to make huge blocks of ice, and then they're using them to cool off the air all day as the ice melts. More »

12:26 PM on Thu Jul 20 2006
By Charlie White
498 views, 12 comments

gadgets

USB Air Conditioned Shirt

When it comes to USB powered gadgets, this doesn't just take the cake, it takes the entire bakery and then burns it down for the insurance money. The USB shirt has two fans on the left and right sides of the back, taking in air to cleanse all the sweat off your spare tire. There's an external switch on the USB cable to adjust the fan speed, in case your sweat doesn't quite go up to eleven. More »

3:00 PM on Mon Jun 19 2006
By Jason Chen
9,455 views, 16 comments

Latest by rerhart: I think a underwear version wouldbe nice. I have a USB device that feeds my dog from my website. http://dogtreat.boberhart.com more »