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MIT Wristband Could Make AC Obsolete

07-22-2014 • arclein

Shames runs hot. His mom runs cold. He figured there must be a way for them to coexist peacefully. So he started researching, digging into physiology journals to get a better understanding of how we experience temperature. One paper held the key to the Wristify concept. It detailed how locally heating and cooling different parts of the body has all sorts of effects on how hot or cold we are–or, more accurately, how hot or cold we think we are. "There's a big perceptual component to it," Shames says.

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Reported By robert klein

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