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Keep Cool With a USB Powered Necktie Fan

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 08.10.07
Design & Architecture (cool but ugly)

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Companies are turning up the thermostat or even turning off the air conditioning to save energy, as well they should; but some of them still want you to wear ties to work. Here is the answer, from Japan of course: a stylish clip-on tie with a fashionable big knot with built-in fan to keep you cool at your desk, tethered as you are by the tie's USB connection to your computer. Keeps you comfortable and tied to your desk all day long; your boss should hand them out to everyone. Made of easy-to-clean silicone, never have a stain on your tie again. ::Thanko via ::SciFiTech

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Comments (5)

Exactly how does this qualify for Tree-hugging status? Seems better suited to the electronic toy blogs.

jump to top Chris says:

Man I think you need to make the untreehugger tag a bit more prominent..some people are just too dense to get it.

Man I think you need to make the untreehugger tag a bit more prominent..some people are just too dense to get it.

Yes, a whole one person didn't see that. So sad that so many people are dense and you alone are wise.

jump to top Anonymous says:
Yes, a whole one person didn't see that. So sad that so many people are dense and you alone are wise.
Hi OG, nice to see you hiding. Any post like this gets several people complaining about it. Go ahead click the untreehugger tag and see.

Any post like this gets several people complaining about it.

People complain about a lot of things unnecessarily.

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