Pedal Your Way to a Cold Beer
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto
on 10.31.08

Clever Austrian engineers connected a heat pump to an exercise bike; you drop a can into the copper coil and start pedalling. If you have had enough beer, you can drop a coffee into the other coil on the hot side. Nice way to end a hard exercise session!
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