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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on July 18, 2026, 10:33:34

Title: Japan's answer to deadly heat waves is a human refrigerator
Post by: Redaktion on July 18, 2026, 10:33:34
Japan's Do Hiemon Box is a new walk-in personal cooling booth that chills the body to 15°C inside, with 5°C airflow directed at the head and neck. Priced at ¥1.5 million (~$9,230), it's now on sale for businesses across Japan.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Japan-s-answer-to-deadly-heat-waves-is-a-human-refrigerator.1345936.0.html
Title: Re: Japan's answer to deadly heat waves is a human refrigerator
Post by: thermodynamics on July 18, 2026, 13:48:23
"Germany: June heat wave linked to 5,000 excess deaths"
While this refrigerator thing sounds funny, all of them would still be alive if they had this thing at the time before it happened. There are other cooling solutions too. Personally, this is too expensive.
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