Put that Notebook Heat to Work
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 05.23.07
Clement Eloy has designed special slippers with pockets to put the power brick for your notebook into, keeping your feet nice and toasty. We have heard too many stories of what happens to men who keep their notebooks where this one is shown; perhaps the foot location is a much better idea. A limitation in the design is that it only can heat one foot at a time, but one toasty foot is better than none. I also suspect that wrapping electronic components in insulating materials when they are supposed to be air cooled might not be good for their warranty. See all of Clement's funny and sometimes useful designs at ::feeladdicted via ::Ubergizmo
Cute. Now how about a more practical sterling engine coupled with the wall wort? That would be better for warm climates and weather.
My husband also just suggested a coffee warmer.
There are indeed a lot of amusing and actually practical options here...
realy great idea but havent notebooks started getting cooler as they go on? i would have thought so. maybe a good idea for say 3 years ago not so good now
This idea seems half baked. Wouldn't good engineering have both improved the cooling of the device and heated your feet? If you liquid cooled the computer AND the power pack, you could have heated pants, nuts to the slippers.
....foot cancer.... ;)
...foot cancer...
haha, doing something with the heat the fan pumps out should be looked into as well.