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Tempratech Self-Cooling Can
r.future writes "I saw on Gizmodo that a company called Tempratech has created an 100% safe and environmentally friendly aluminum can that uses a self-chilling process involving a cooling gel, desiccant, and heat sinks, to chill itself. The self-contained I.C. Can is the approximate size of a 500 mL beverage can. This includes the beverage container itself, and the integral self-chilling device, and according to Tempratech the can is 'proven to lower beverage temp by a minimum of 30 degrees Fahrenheit in only three minutes.'"
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Tempra Technology Inc.
6140 15th Street East
Bradenton, FL 34203
US
Quick, someone in Bradenton order a pizza for I.C. Can, and send it to Tempratech!
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In mother Russia, Can chills YOU! Hmm...
... but I want it now!
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"The self-contained I.C. Can is the approximate size of a 500 mL beverage can."
'proven to lower beverage temp by a minimum of 30 degrees Fahrenheit in only three minutes.
Congratulations! It's not often that a submission has the potential to ignite a metric vs imperial debate on both sides of the spectrum! For good measure let's debate the merits of the metric time system too! Three minutes = 180 seconds = headache to compute.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
With the server slowing down under the load, maybe they'll be inspired to adapt the technology to a line of temporary high-intensity CPU heatsinks.
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I have a can that can not only keep cold things cold, it also keeps warm things warm.
What I haven't puzzled out yet is how on earth it knows which to do.
Can anyone tell me how to set my sig on Slashdot?
Seriously, which would you choose, a beverage that cost $1 which you had to refrigerate, or a beverage that costs $20 which you don't?
If a 6 pack of beer cost $3.00 more, but was self-cooling and meant I didn't need to worry about keeping it cold, I'd pay for the convenience.
Nothing is worse than a warm beer when hunting or driving.
And it's safe! I.C. Can's(TM) innovative design is 100% safe and environ- mentally-friendly; easy to operate, store and transport. The self-contained I.C. Can(TM) uses no carbon dioxide, CFC, HFC, or any other compressed gases and is totally non-toxic, without risk of gas or vapor escape.
So you say now. Just wait until this whole thing spins out of control and the process begins making flesh-eating zombies out of millions of innocent people who just wanted some cold Bawlz.
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Need I say more? Hmmph!
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...But I digress. TREMBLE PUNY HUMANS!ONE DAY MY SPECIES WILL DESTROY YOU ALL!
Yeah, it will also undoubtedly raise the beverage price in only 0 seconds!
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Homer: 40 seconds? Aww, but I want it now.
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Long time to wait, isn't it?
American Pint of beer = 473ml
European standard beer = 500ml
British Pint of beer = 568ml
Which prooves that Europe is better then America, and the UK trouces you all!
(Apart from Germany that regularly have 1l (34 fluid ounce) glasses)
Overheard while in the UK:
Why do Americans keep their beer cold?
So they can tell it apart from piss.
U.S. pints are only 473ml? No wonder you all seem to be able to hold your liquor, you're cheating!
I don't know about you, but if you just use dimensional analysis, any conversion is easy.
I'm always suspicious of dimensional analysis -- judging from the number of crackpot theories which are built on it, it appears to be the calculus of the loon.
Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
it appears to be the calculus of the loon.
So it's worth about $1CDN?
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The aluminum can be recycled, but it's those little heat-sinks that are going to be the problem. Where are they going to put all the heat that has been sucked out and stored in the insulated heat-sinks?
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For good measure let's debate the merits of the metric time system too!
I would, but that would take several kiloseconds. I'll get back to you in a couple milliyears.
So "the approximate size of a 500 mL" is "the approximate size of 16.9070113 US fluid ounces"? :-)
And for those of us outside the US, can is slang for a urinal. So this company produced a self cooling urinal, cause you know how slippery those things can get when you've been sitting on it for a while and start sweating.
Although I'm not sure how the heck you sit on a urinal the size of a 500mL beverage.... oh.
Folks, I could be wrong here.
You are checking your backups, aren't you?
Do you really want MORE Budweiser in the can?
Mmmmmm... Fin Du Monde.
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This risks the ice exploding (and is more of an issue for dry ice than LN2).
Exploding Ice? Now That's an experiment I want to work on!
- Jonathan
Sitting on a urinal?
Crazy Europeans.