Gizmodo: radiator

Lego Radiator is the New Hotness

Sean Fallon — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:50:00 EDT

For many of us, it is the time of the year when we start thinking about staying warm. If you happen to be one of those people who is already lounging on a Lego couch or lighting things up with a Lego lamp, you will probably enjoy "Brick"—the latest product designed for the Italian company Scirocco. Apparently, a Lego motif actually makes for a thermally-efficient radiator.

The enhanced surface area of the blocks helps to spread heat more effectively, and each brick has a double plumbing connection—one for the heating system and one that allows you to snap together the bricks like actual Legos. How much all of this will cost to install is unknown—but nothing this nerdy ever comes cheap. [Scirocco via Trendir via DVICE]

Thermaltake's V1 Cooler is Half Artwork, Half Airy Lungs For Your CPU

Kit Eaton — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:22:00 EDT

Current gadget design tends to favor minimalism... but that's simply not true for this Thermaltake V1 cooler. Ohoho no. The Thermaltake designer who came up with this must've been an artist in a former career. Just look at it: so detailed, organically-shaped and glittery it's an artwork. And one you'd surely have to show off if you chose to mount it to your CPU. It's got a 12v fan, operates between 1,300 and 2,000 and is around 5-inches tall and 4-inches wide and will cost you around $60. [BBG via DVice]

Octocube: What the Heck is This?

Kit Eaton — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:02:00 EDT

If you can guess what this is at first glance then you're a better man than I ...

At second glance you might wonder about those pipes. And then you might realize it's actually a radiator, built entirely from 90-degree pipe pieces. It's designed to be a sculptural heater that fits in with any interior, according to designer Vivien Muller. At least there's some physics in there, though: a large surface area heater like this would be a good compromise between heating efficiency and compact size.

One thing, though: Vivien can't do much of the cleaning at home... can you imagine the dust this thing would collect? Just a concept. [Vivien Muller via Yanko designs]

Radiator Harp Classes Up Your Cold Apartment, Burns Visitor's Fingers

Jason Chen — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:20:29 EST

We've been lucky enough to live most of our lives in areas that have central heating, so we don't quite have the experience of having an ugly radiator sitting in our rooms. For those of you who have, this harp radiator is just the thing to make your place that much more classy while at the same time providing a net zero musical gain over having a real radiator. Wait, we take that back—you can beat on this with a hammer and play it like some sort of upright xylophone. A xylophone that has a remote control and color-changing LED, that is. [Carisa via Trendir via dvice]

WEB Radiator: For the Lair

Mark Wilson — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:21:28 EST

FACT: One of Gizmodo's esteemed weekend writers will soon develop superpowers to defend the good citizens of the world from the evils of radioactive fly-mutant aliens. But he will not defend the earth alone. No, he will require the assistance of other slightly-lesser-super-powered sidekicks...or at least some normal guys who know how to take a bullet and don't mind wiping a grown man's buttocks (only if he can't reach back there because his suit is a bit on the restrictive but my mom's working on it).

Said sidekicks will also be required to obtain the WEB radiator. It will...you know...be your thing or whatever. From Manworks Design. – Mark Wilson

WEB radiator [via neatorama]

Mirrored LCD Radiator

Jason Chen — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:15:44 EST

It's not often you get something that's both functional and decorative, but Tubor's One-Radiator mirrors are that and more. These radiators have a nice purple or yellow halo backlight, plus they even display the current time.

With winter setting and Gizmodo editors scrambling to save our remaining eight toes, all we can think about is radiators. And now when you check yourself out in the mirror, and ask your husband, "am I hot", he can reply, "yes, if you keep standing next that thing." – Jason Chen

Product Page [Tubor via Trendir]