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Refrigerators To Cool With Sound (Cool!)
T-Kir writes "A very interesting report from the BBC where researchers at Penn State University are developing a prototype fridge that cools using metal plates and sound waves. If successful, this technology would help remove the dependance on gases that contribute to global warming. Talk about Cool!"
Reduce the gases that contribute to global warming, but contribute to noises that drive Fido mad...
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If my fridge were to emit some cool Barry White, that's be pretty ... well... cool.
... now the "cool note"
First there was the "Brown note"
If this is so cool...how come my constantly loud neighbors haven't turned into icicles yet?
You know, that sounds way more fun that cooling some ice cream. Or maybe I've been playing too many videogames.
Err wait a minute, they're cooling with sound...ummm nevermind. Move along.
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I see a darwin award comming.....
thank God the internet isn't a human right.
"Refrigerators To Cool With Sound"
So what. I live near the Capital of Washington State. We plan on heating our homes through the use of political speeches!
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BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
What did you say?
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I asked if you'd like a cold beer.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Seriously though, I've seen a demo of this technology about 5-6 years ago and It's pretty cool.
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Sounds of 165 dB would cause a person's hair to catch fire from the frictional heating caused by air undergoing such intense compression and expansion.
Yeah, but what if I want to keep a human head in my fridge? Won't the hair catch fire and warm up the fava beans?
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No. Global warming is caused by the sun.
If the sun were to go out, the planet would cool off and die. It would still happen even if we had all the refrigerators on the planet running at 100% duty cycles in an atmosphere composed entirely of "greenhouse" gasses such as carbon dioxide and cow farts.
BTW, the chlorofluorocarbons you mention are responsible for destroying ozone in the upper atmosphere, which allows more ultraviolet light through. That's a different problem, but related in the sense that now you could have sunburned, farting cows.
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We all know that ultra low frequencies can cause your bowels to, well, kick in and empty out, right? I wonder if you can buy a package deal - combo 'fridge/toilet. Kick in a TV, padded/heated seat on the toilet, and you've pretty much just created the ultimate guy Christmas present.
... refrigerator owners in Finland have been court ordered to pay royalties for the sounds generated by the space-age technology inside of their appliances. These royalties multiply depending on how many people are in the kitchen at the time. Hillary Rosen of the RIAA was quoted as saying "First they pirate our music, now they're cooling their food with it? Lots of people everywhere owe us money!"
"The research is being sponsored by ice cream makers Ben & Jerry's and Unilever. "
"Humans feel pain when they hear sounds of 120 decibels, a level typically reached next to the speakers at a rock concert."
So the purpose of this research is to improve on the ice cream headache? Why?
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Now we get to one of my pet peeves. Why doesn't any of the major, or minor for that matter, fridge manufactures make a chest style fridge.
I don't understand your question. All refrigerators are chest style; they only set them on one end in the store so they'll occupy less space. Oh, wait--you aren't one of those idiots that installed it that way when you got it home, are you? Hahahahaha!!! How stupid can you get? I'll bet you put CD's in your PC's cupholder slot too, don't you?
What a moron!
At last, a fridge that goes to ELEVEN.
Marketing guy: Great! So we have Michael Jackson as a customer. Who else are we going to sell this thing to?
**RIMSHOT**
Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here all week!
That is all.
HELLO?
Is your refrigerator running?
WHAT?!?
Is your refrigerator running?
WHAT?!? YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP!
Oh nevermind.. *click*
Hmm, no units, maybe it's Kelvin. That would be really impressive. :)
I read the internet for the articles.
The article claims that 165dB is sufficient to cool a refrigerator - my neighbour's daughter exceeds that by a long shot. Does this mean we can put her inside a tube and get her to keep my beer cold?