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Thermoacoustic Cooler Means Green-Friendly Icecream
MuddyRiverDoc writes "National Public Radio aired a story describing ice cream
manufacturer Ben & Jerry's sponsored
development of a thermoacoustic refrigeration technology, which uses helium gas
subjected to ultra-loud 173 db sound to chill an ice cream cooler. The NPR interview and
pictures of the Penn State researchers who did the development is
available. There is also a brief description of the technique at the Penn State Live site and at the BBC, and an
over-cute Ben & Jerry's broadband presentation, Sounds Cool!, that
does however provide a useful diagram. Thermoacoustic refrigeration has been a focus of research
for more than a decade at Purdue
and elsewhere,
and has reportedly flown on the Space Shuttle, but this prototype is reportedly
the first that demonstrates the size, efficiency, and quiet operation that
promises successful commercial introduction. Cool Sound Industries,
Inc. is reportedly exclusively licensed for this thermoacoustic technology."
That doesn't even make sense. If you're that opposed to ending a sentence with a preposition, why not try something like:
...it seems the idea of making it into larger appliances has not occurred to anyone.
...it seems the idea of making it into larger appliances is not highly regarded.
...it seems the idea of making it into larger appliances is seldom considered.
"The legitimate powers of government extend only to such acts as are injurious to others." Thomas Jefferson.
Subject says it all...
90 comments and not one about gas and extra-loud sounds!
- In Capitalist America, law violates YOU!
f&^king hippies.