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more about #heat more comments → jinkuwata: Just in case you're wondering, Kairo or 懐炉 means (pocket) body warmer in Japanese. Like the hot packs you buy and place in your mittens after a g... more » infmom: Pfft. You can buy a hand warmer made by Zippo from Duluth Trading Company for $27.50 right now. more » fuchikoma: A lithium ion powered unit that heats itself up to the edges of comfortably hot... I wonder what class of protection circuitry it has, and what it wou... more » Munch the BanNail: Great idea, but poor execution. one to four hours for $35-45? That doesn't even leave enough time for tailgating. more » Curves: I could really use these today. I am reduced to typing with one hand, while I sit on the other to warm it. I even have a candle on my desk that I li... more » OMG! Ponies!: My pockets are free. (Actually, they're not. In retrospect, almost all of my coats are kinda spendy - all the more reason to maximize the value from ... more » franco1975: Eneloop Kairo is actually Japanese. Eneloop mean 'energy loop'. Sanyo has a line of rechargable batteries under the Eneloop brand. This hand warmer ut... more » Kaiser-Machead: Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life. more » Bob Lu: Eneloop is Sanyo's line of rechargeable battery (which is AWESOME, btw). The word Eneloop clearly means "energy-loop". I'm guessing the same battery /... more » Slyd3z: ...or you could wear gloves or keep your hands in your pockets. more » superberg: I've always wondered why all IT departments don't all do this. Why not just channel the heat of the server room into the rest of the building? The cos... more » elementary: Am I the only one who DIDN'T wonder why a cathedral has a huge data center? more » Mayor McRib: I am the primary heat source of my house. I run on pizza and Big Red. My homes thermostat is pegged at 68 and the neighbors leave their windows open i... more » OMG! Ponies!: Lord, Please bless our server farm with speed and reliability. Please protect our data from the evils of corruption for Lo! though we doth make ta... more » Voyou_Charmant: "which will use its overheating servers to warm 500 homes joined by a series of tubes." There, I fixed it. more » -
#sanyo
De-Ice Your Hands With Sanyo's US-Bound Eneloop Kairos
Let us work our personal babelfish on Sanyo's new Eneloop Kairo. Eneloop means "envelope," right? Kairo...Kairo means Cairo? Like Egypt? Ahh, these devices are an envelope of heat. And they're leaving Japan, heading Stateside in time for winter. More » -
#servers
500 Helsinki Homes to be Heated by Cathedral's Underground Servers
Any company that's ever boasted of its green credentials can shove it in the coal burner, after hearing about Helsinki's Uspenski Cathedral's data center, which will use its overheating servers to warm 500 homes joined by a network of pipes. More » -
#heatedmousepad
Thanko's Latest Heated USB Mousepad Looks More Sane
Thanko's previous heated USB mousepad was a stick-your-hand-in-a-whale affair, which was fine until the inside of it started smelling like an actual whale from your palm sweat. Their latest, thankfully eschews the cover method for a bottom-up approach to warming. I can't read Japanese, but the surface thermometer claims the pad gets up to 41.2 (avg. between 40 and 45) degrees Celsius, which is 106.1 Fahrenheit. Not too bad, actually. And if that's not enough, you can combine it with a heated mouse to double your efforts. [Thanko] -
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#usb
Thanko USB Heating Pad
The Thanko USB Heating pad has the unique position of being potentially useful as we enter the colder months. Then again, there's no way this thing puts out more heat than a modern CPU/GPU combo. Just put your notebook on your lap, and watch your man-bits. [Akihabara] More »
