Screw soda, what about beer?
Self-cooling beer cans will be the "killer app" of the 21st century.
quit being a bogart and pass the joint already.. :) hehe
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?
Ice is civilization.
He could bemoan the 'problem' of the loss of millions of heating and airconditioning-repair jobs because of this technology.
This sounds very interesting in the way of computers as well. I wonder if they could coat processors with this stuff?
Next up, the self-microwaving cheeseburger!
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.
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).
Nothing new .
Way back in 1968 they designed a self cooling soda can. Pulling the pop top released one ounce of freon and cooled the can almost immediatly.
It was rejected. one less ounce of Soda was too much to do without.