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greenbang.com » Greenbang - Sep 30, 2008
Promethean Power Systems unveiled a prototype of its solar powered refrigeration system at the MIT Emerging Technologies conference. The company plans to target businesses in emerging economies that need cold storage …
Also tagged: technology, emerging markets, energy and fuel, peltier effect, pomethean power
cleantechnica.com » CleanTechnica - Sep 22, 2008
Albert Einstein is probably most remembered by the public for his General Theory of Relativity, but how many remember his 1930 invention of a refrigerator that used no electricity? I wasn’t there when it was …
Also tagged: einstein, refrigerator, ozone hole, energy efficiency, cooling, albert einstein, freon, consumer technology, cooling systems, freon gas, refrigeration systems
engadget.com » Engadget - Sep 13, 2008
Filed under: Household Sure, you want to keep that keg of Natural Ice you scored nice and cold, but what did Al Gore say about global warming? According to Professor Qiming Zhang and Penn State University, we can see …
Also tagged: refrigerator, keg, penn state university, kegerator, pennstateuniversity, magneticfieldrefrigeration, polarpolymer, professorqimingzhang, magnetic field refrigeration, professor qiming zhang
slashfood.com » Slashfood - Aug 25, 2008
Filed under: Bread When bakers talk about retarding, they're not being insulting. They're talking about slowing down the fermentation process. Retarding is using refrigeration to slow down yeast activity. This has a …
Also tagged: bread, dough, fermentation, proofboxretarder, proof boxretarder, retarding
bellasugar.com » BellaSugar -- You're beautiful. - Aug 20, 2008
For years, the aesthetic elite has been refrigerating eye creams and gels, and not just to save room in their medicine cabinets: the cold temperature is said to de-puff by contracting the tissue around the eyes, plus …
Also tagged: skin care
paleo-future.blogspot.com » Paleo-Future - Apr 28, 2008
The September 10, 1930 Syracuse Herald (Syracuse, NY) ran a piece about scientists' predictions for the future. A prediction is much more interesting when antiquated terms for modern conveniences are used. Case in …
Also tagged: gadgets, food, kitchen, meat, 1930s, housewife, syracuse herald
bloggingstocks.com » BloggingStocks - Jan 8, 2008
BloggingStocks: At the current pace of usage, there exists a real threat of depletion of current domestic helium supplies. So say managers of our only national helium stockpile near Amarillo Texas. A report from Kim …
Also tagged: nuclear, shuttle, nasa, chemistry, helium, microchip, reserves, depletion, welding, praxair, stockpile, energy transference
bloggingstocks.com » BloggingStocks - Jan 7, 2008
Filed under: Other issues, Products and services, Industry, Commodities, Headline news, Technology At the current pace of usage, there exists a real threat of depletion of current domestic helium supplies. So say …
Also tagged: nuclear, shuttle, nasa, chemistry, helium, px, microchip, reserves, depletion, welding, praxair, stockpile
gizmodo.com » Gizmodo - Sep 19, 2007
Rather than just blowing room temperature air at your laptop like other coolers, this External Chilled Air Docking Station from Embarco and Intel has a miniature compressor that actually blows cold air at your laptop …
Also tagged: intel, laptops, cooler, laptop cooler
autismvox.com » Autism Vox - Aug 28, 2007
“Le packing” is a treatment for autistic children used in France where, the August 25th Lancet notes, it is causing an “outcry.” “Outcry” strikes me as a bit of an understatement, personally speaking: When I hear the …
Also tagged: health, education, france, treatment, family, autism, children, safety, parenting, packing, anorexia, asd, freud, aspergers, pdd nos, psychoanalysis