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I wonder how long before wearables that actively cool you become a thing i.e. a top that you put on and acts as a heat pump to take the heat away from you. In
by timellis-smith 4y ago
I wonder how long before wearables that actively cool you become a thing i.e. a top that you put on and acts as a heat pump to take the heat away from you.
In winter I wear a heated top often rather than switch the heater on and the wife has a heated blanket. Seems like a much more efficient way of keeping warm / cool than changing the room temp.
- spacehunt 4y agoSomething like the Sony Reon Pocket? https://www.sony.com.hk/reonpocket/en/ https://www.sony.com.hk/reonpocket/en/
- timellis-smith 4y agoThank you. I will take a further look at it.
- mrguyorama 4y agoIt seems to be a tiny battery operated, small fan cooled peltier device. Don't expect much from it. In fact, it might work better if you remove the peltier device and battery and just direct the fan to blow across the nape of your neck.
- galdosdi 4y agoWe have those in the USA. They are called cars. They are incredibly popular. This isn't just a pedantic joke. My point is there will be little demand for such a thing in the USA, since the USA, unlike much of the world, supports a culture in which it is, for better or worse, already easy to avoid going outside for more than a couple of minutes at a time.
- Ekaros 4y agoHeated clothing might make sense. But for cooling unless we are talking about something evaporative or absorbing there just isn't feasible technology. There is Peltier effect, but that is horribly inefficient and cooling the hot side is bit of a pain...