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Control Your Apartment's Prehistoric Radiator With This App
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Lauren Evans
Published Feb 5, 2014
Modified Feb 5, 2014
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It's a strange thing when, despite the snow and the ice mush accumulating outside, you still have to open the window because your overenthusiastic radiator is trying to bake you to death. It just wants to love you! But it's killing you, leaving you tossing and turning all night long in a spicy bath of your own sweat. Do you have a fever? No, you're just at the mercy of Radiator Lennie, and you are a damp puppy who has to get up for work in two hours.
You're not really a puppy, and you don't have to endure this tyranny. Here, then, is a newfangled solution to an ass-old radiator. The Cozy (aw) works a little like an automated lasso, wrangling the bronco that is your heating unit until it capitulates to your demands and you both ride into the climate-controlled sunset. The designers at Radiator Labs explain how it works on their Kickstarter page:
The Cozy has a thermal cover, like a big oven mitt, that fits over your radiator to trap the heat inside. Simply slide the Cozy over your radiator, plug it in, and sensors on the outside of the Cozy constantly measure the temperature in your room. Then, the Cozy’s integrated fans push the appropriate amount of heat out into the room to comfortably maintain your desired temperature.
The Cozy will be available in three different sizes for around $300, and will need to be plugged in. You can control the temperature via smartphone that connects to a Wi-Fi chip embedded in the cover.
While it's not specifically designed to silence the hissing noises that also punctuate your dreams, it will, to a certain degree, mute it. It's not going to stop the clanging, though. It's already been tested in the dorms of Columbia and NYU, but the Cozy's mass-market availability is contingent on raising $100,000 on Kickstarter. Note: The Cozy will do nothing to abate the greenhouse effect in your $6.35 million glass condo, though the "Large" size might make an effective sweat/tear mopping device and, eventually, body bag.
(h/t DNAinfo)
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