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The thing that the surface is radiating to is the cold blackness of outer space. This is why it feels colder on a cloudless day or night. As always, the techno
by analyte123 3y ago
The thing that the surface is radiating to is the cold blackness of outer space. This is why it feels colder on a cloudless day or night.
As always, the technology is promising but I’ll only really believe it when I can buy it at Home Depot.
- adrianN 3y agoYou can DIY it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bJnKmeNJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bJnKmeNJY
- KennyBlanken 3y agoTo save people a bunch of time: no, you can't. The best he comes up with is something incredibly fragile that is damaged if you so much as look at it wrong, and any sort of protective covering or coating dramatically alters its effectiveness. Nobody has come up with a DIY "paint" or coating that is durable.
- lupusreal 3y agoIt may not be a durable paint ready for most if any practical applications, but you can in fact try it yourself.
- 4gotunameagain 3y ago> This is why it feels colder on a cloudless day or night. This is not entirely true. It's not because your thermal energy is radiated to something colder, but rather because clouds contain and reflect the thermal energy that would otherwise be lost to space.