Articles on Aircon

Solar-powered air conditioner - Mar 23, 2007

Crave Anything that runs off solar power and keeps our planet alive another day, it gets our vote. Increased use of air conditioners has been lamblasted for producing more greenhouse gas. SolCool's ... Read story »

Airconditioned motorbike - Sep 2, 2004

Crave Rain or shine, it sucks to be a motorist. Those two-wheeled chariots just aren't designed to keep out the elements. Since you can now lay hands on a bike with an ... Read story »

USB airconditioner, anyone? - Jun 23, 2009

Crave The sound of a purring airconditioner, courtesy of Taito's T: Style range of mini chillers. This takes the, gasp, cool(?) for being something we'd never have dreamed possible for taking ... Read story »

USB Air-Conditioned Shirt - Jul 3, 2007

Crave Our venerable Mobile Ojisan (mobile uncle) blogged about the kucho-fuku "airconditioned jacket" as early as January 2006. Not surprisingly, there's now a USB version out. What's more surprising is that it's ... Read story »

Solar panels you can hang out on your veranda - Mar 16, 2009

Crave The modular snap-on design lets you add more solar panels over time, while everything is kept simple with a plug-and-play setup. Nice! How do you install solar panels when you ... Read story »

Wattson's wireless electricity monitor now in Singapore - Dec 4, 2008

Crave Here's a conundrum that Singapore households, even those in other countries, are well familiar with: Rising utility bills and the need to power down costs. So here's the island state's only ... Read story »

Samsung's Silver Nano Health System - May 18, 2005

Crave Remember Mork and Mindy? "I am Mork from Ork, nano nano". Well, the Koreans are flagging their own nano handshake by biting the silver bullet when it comes to home appliances. ... Read story »

Hands-on with the Wattson wireless power monitor - Mar 27, 2009

Crave Confession time. I can't stop looking at my Wattson. Before you ask who--or more specifically what--that is, this spiffy-looking device that's just reached Singapore shores helps keep track of your power ... Read story »

USB Electric Blanket - Jul 18, 2005

Crave What better use for your extra USB ports on your Hub then to snuggle under an electric blanket when the building's central aircon system gets a little too hardworking. Too bad ... Read story »

Personal Cooling System 2.0 - Aug 10, 2004

Crave If keeping cool in Singapore's infernal heat is a personal crusade for you, this mini aircon device claims to keep you about 6 degrees colder than the surrounding temperature. Resembling a ... Read story »

More cool stuff from Samsung - Feb 28, 2008

Crave We don't know about the West, but here in the tropics where it's perpetually summer, airconditioners are doing a blazing (no pun intended) trade. Of course, as long as the aircon ... Read story »

On green tech--data centers - Mar 6, 2008

Blogs So this geek has been musing about green tech and how to save the world with it. After all, every geek dreams of being a hero deep inside, right? So in ... Read story »

LG aims to make life even better - Jul 15, 2005

Features The Korean maker, which goes by its "Life's Good" tagline, hopes to strengthen its market presence with the introduction of its new TV range. Read story »

Geeking your way to lower fuel costs - Jun 7, 2008

Blogs Ok, since everyone is going on about fuel prices I figured it's time I jumped on the bandwagon and logged in some fuel-related posts. Tech costs money. New tech costs even ... Read story »

Thailand hits the 100 million baht marker in pirated software - Jul 3, 2008

Blogs Another month, another mile stone for Thailand. According to the Economic and Technological Crime Suppression Division (Ecotec) of the Royal Thai Police (and yes, most Thai government bodies do have these ... Read story »

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