MIT Wristband Is a Personal Climatizer 86
rcastro0 writes "What looks like a CPU's heat sink worn around the wrist apparently may be able to make you feel cool even while it is hot — or warm while it is cold. As Wired reports, this termoelectric device explores human physiology and how we perceive temperature to fool our body and make us comfortable. The device is called Wristify, and Mashable has a video."
Re:Well, maybe not wrist... (Score:3, Insightful)
I did this at college with a peltier cooler, a backpack full of batteries, and a GPU water-cooling kit :\ It ain't rocket science, and Atlanta heat is a powerful motivator.
You did something different that had a similar effect.
Having the same results is not the same as doing the same thing.
Fooling body sensory and temp regulation system? (Score:5, Insightful)
Whatever could go wrong with that?
Re:Well, maybe not wrist... (Score:5, Insightful)
My point is, it's great that people are working on commercializing this, but it's not automatically a Big Brand New Development just because MIT strapped a 12V square to an old watch band and hooked it up to some temperature sensors.
Re:Well, maybe not wrist... (Score:5, Insightful)
it's not automatically a Big Brand New Development just because MIT strapped a 12V square to an old watch band and hooked it up to some temperature sensors.
Sometimes it does seem like Slashdot simply publishes the MIT newsfeed, without the slightest skepticism.