Gizmodo: warm

Microwavable Boots Keep Your Feet Warm, and Your Microwave Stinky

Andrew Boatti — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:50:00 EST

Winter is almost upon us, and chilly feet can be a chronic issue. Thankfully humanity no longer has to suffer this unpleasantness with the introduction of CozyFeet microwavable boots. The modern-day equivalent of warming ones feet by the fire, these boots "contain a special blend of natural wheat grain and dried French lavender that, once heated, stay warm for up to two hours" after just two minutes of microwaving.

Wow, it makes all those electric heated-boots seem clunky and old fashioned because, hey, what's more modern than a microwave? They make no mention, however, of how this affects the taste of your food; I'd like my frozen pizza with a waft of foot-odor thanks! CozyFeet cost about $24. [Gadget Shop via Shiny Shiny]

Cell Phone Steers You With Heat and Cold

msparkes — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:25:21 EDT

When you're in a strange city it's easy to get lost, but you don't want to miss the sights because you're glued to a map or GPS device. German and Swedish researchers may have created a solution - a cell phone that can give you GPS directions simply by heating up or cooling down the handset.

It uses a Peltier device to change temperature - the warmer the unit, the more on-track you are, but take a wrong turn and it will cool down. This odd feature could also be used in other ways, like telling you how important a call is - if it's your hot girlfriend it could get toasty warm to tell you to pick up, but if it's your boss then it could ice up to tell you that it's best avoided. [New Scientist]

Electric Heated Rug from Panasonic

msparkes — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:54:20 EDT

Panasonic has released a range of electric rugs into the Japanese market that heat up to a toasty 114 degrees. At first glance this seems like an extravagant waste of power, but it's actually very green. If you're sitting in the living room watching a movie, then you only need to heat the rug to get warm, not the whole house. Never before has saving energy been so romantic.

The only problem I see is that people may not want an electronics manufacturer designing their home furnishings. Perhaps a heated mat that you can put under a normal rug would be a wiser move. [Treehugger]

Brando USB Warming Mouse

Jason Chen — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:45:14 EST

Similar to the Thanko USB Warmer Mouse, this Brando mouse keeps your hand warm with USB power. The mouse gets up to about 45 degrees C, which is about 113 F, which means it actually gets pretty hot.

This mouse is $22, compared to the Thanko's $25, so I'm totally getting one right now. My hands are always so freezing, it's a wonder I can typasdfjlzxvcio. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Brando]