Toronto replaces air conditioners with the deep waters of Lake Ontario
Cold water instead of air: in Toronto more and more air conditioners are turned off in favor of the cooling "offered" by Lake Ontario.
Cold water instead of air: in Toronto more and more air conditioners are turned off in favor of the cooling "offered" by Lake Ontario.
The surge in air conditioning threatens our electricity grids. Air conditioners will increase global warming, unless…
A team of engineers at the University of San Diego has developed a wearable "patch" that provides personal 'air conditioning', heating or cooling the body and keeping it at a constant temperature in all weather conditions.
Modern science is increasingly concerned with finding solutions for domestic well-being. During the summer seasons the heat can be unbearable, especially in the hottest locations and in the central hours of the day. Many people are therefore led to purchase an air conditioner, i.e. a device that conveys hot air and cools it by reintroducing it into the cold environment and therefore lowering the overall temperature of the environment. From today these systems could be replaced by a very special invention, namely climate bricks made of ... Read more
Story of a voice assistant that controlled lights, made phone calls and set timers, all through voice commands, 40 years before Alexa and Siri.
A new technological development allows remote heating and cooling, opening up new possibilities in industry and medicine.
An MIT airgel technology uses three types of cooling to lower the temperature of foods and objects without electricity.
It would have been handy NOW, but in 2023 I doubt it will be that much colder: a zero-emission air conditioner that consumes a fifth of energy will always do.
The air conditioner does damage, not only economic, but the heat is rampant. Companies and designers suggest sometimes weird solutions, like this one.
Will mosquitoes and air conditioners haunt your summer? There are clever solutions that can save goat and cabbage. Take this mosquito net.
Lower the thermostat one degree? Unfortunately, things about Russian gas are very different. Here are the prospects for next winter.
All over the world there is a hunt for ways to cool homes and food without impacting the environment. Tests by KAUST researchers show that this can also be done without electricity.
Another anti-heat fabric. This time the solution comes from some Chinese universities: the "meta fabric" woven with nanoparticles reflects ultraviolet light.
An innovative mint fabric (incorporates xylitol) promises heat relief by reducing body temperature by 7 ° C.
The ability to create structures to withstand climate change and overcrowding. It's called the future, but you can call it arcology.
Purdue's super white paint gets even better: it now reflects 98.1% of light, and can really be an alternative to air conditioners
“For the planet, the electric car is better than the petrol car”. It's true? Let's investigate what seems obvious. Maybe there is more.
The era of electric vehicles is one step away, and aims to be completed between the next 9 and the next 15 years. But are we ready? We need 4 things, and they are not details.
Two thin sheets of glass with a "filling" of water, hydrogel and stabilizer: the liquid window is born, a revolution for energy saving
Cheaper refrigerators? Stronger dentures? A better understanding of human diseases? This and more could be possible one day, thanks to an ambitious new project from NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA. NIST researchers are in the early stages of a huge undertaking. That of designing and building a fleet of tiny ultrasensitive nano thermometers. If they are successful, their system will be the first to make real-time temperature measurements on a microscopic scale. … Read more
Half the Sahara desert and a bit of Australia with panels that reject heat? Extreme idea. But radiative cooling is theoretically possible.