Self-Cooling Soda Bottles? [thin-film technology may make conventional A/C obsolete]

National Science Foundation ^ | 7/11/06

[Lazamataz]

I predict they will kill this the same way they helped kill the electric car.

Video killed the radio star.

[SaintDismas]

Like that perpetual motion machine that guy from Arkansas had

[Walkingfeather]

Hehehe, ..... hey... Sometimes?

[Rakkasan1]

he took the last train to Clarksville.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Next up, the self-microwaving cheeseburger!

[mollynme]

Living, as I do, in the land of perpetual sunshine (aka Colorado), I can see where here would be a great place to test this product. Sounds like something that would appeal to Coors, too.

[freedumb2003]

He could bemoan the 'problem' of the loss of millions of heating and airconditioning-repair jobs because of this technology.

LOL! You have him down pat! I miss a lot of the old whackos -- Willie G., f.christian, TLBSHOW (multiple times), even the recently departed clawrence3.

[ken in texas]

Viola. Problem solved.

You're solving the problem with a musical instrument? < Laz, I look up to you for so much... but you can't even spell Voila.

[ikka]

An earlier idea that has been shown to work is PAHS, passive annual heat storage. Basically you insulate a large part of the ground near your house, then pump heat out of the ground during winter, or into the ground during summer (thus cooling your house).

[elcid1970]

"A stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin. Problem solved."

Sorry....(heh, heh!)

[blam]

"Ice is civilization."

Yup.

The Cold Snap That Civilised The World

[Recon Dad]

My wife would complain that it was too humid or something.

[Locomotive Breath]

This techology might "work" but, like so many others, will be too expensive.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

WG was a great poster, but he got banned because he was making stupid comments about Bush, talking about his alcoholism.

[rawcatslyentist]

>"I'm gonna build a spaceship out of it and take a vacation at the center of the sun! ;)"{

Better go at night, I hear it's a bit cooler then!

[null and void]

Oh hurry, please! My electric bill has gone up $100 per month in the last 18 months. Is this technology too good to be true?

My PG&E bill was about $14 last month.

I have that solar power system that so many FReepers insist can't possibly work, or ever make economic sense...

[null and void]

I miss/// f.Christian, and //his comments/// too

[Billthedrill]

Self-cooling beer cans will be the "killer app" of the 21st century.

Think of it - a self-cooling beer can that throws itself into the back of your pickup truck when empty. It just don't git no better 'n' that.

[rintense]

They're already available. And everyone I know who's tried them says they don't work.

[ken in texas]

My PG&E bill was about $14 last month.

I have that solar power system that so many FReepers insist can't possibly work, or ever make economic sense...

I'm glad it seems to work for you. But, how much did it cost to install the solar power system? Did you get rebates? At what point will you break even?