Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Cold as [dry] ice
Gadget Makes Drinks Ice-Cold in Seconds
12/5/2007
Some days, you get home after a stressful day at work, and all you can think about is that frosty-cold bottle of beer waiting for you in the fridge. Or maybe you've just been to the gym, and are still pretty parched when you get home – research has proven that beer provides better hydration than water after a workout, so there's no reason not to indulge.
But sadly, it seems that some interloper has already gotten his hands on your beverage of choice, and there's not a cold bottle left in the house. Sure, you've got more out in the garage – but warm beer isn't worth drinking, ice would weaken it, and it would take hours to chill a bottle to optimum drinking temperature.
Luckily, Kent Hodgson, a 22-year-old design school student from New Zealand has invented a solution to your predicament: The Huski, a small gadget that uses dry ice to bring the temperature of a bottle of beer, or any other beverage, from warm to ice-cold in mere moments.
The process is simple, Hodgson told The New Zealand Herald: "You have plastic cooling cells which are pressed down into the dock which houses the liquid carbon dioxide. The liquid CO2 expands and is pressurized into dry ice in the base of the cooling cells ... in a moment. You then pop it into your drink and then proceed from there as you normally would."
The Huski, which is expected to retail for around $50, isn't available in stores yet, but something tells us this great gadget is bound to be a major hit at tailgating parties, poker games, and – well, just about everywhere, really.
12/5/2007
Some days, you get home after a stressful day at work, and all you can think about is that frosty-cold bottle of beer waiting for you in the fridge. Or maybe you've just been to the gym, and are still pretty parched when you get home – research has proven that beer provides better hydration than water after a workout, so there's no reason not to indulge.
But sadly, it seems that some interloper has already gotten his hands on your beverage of choice, and there's not a cold bottle left in the house. Sure, you've got more out in the garage – but warm beer isn't worth drinking, ice would weaken it, and it would take hours to chill a bottle to optimum drinking temperature.
Luckily, Kent Hodgson, a 22-year-old design school student from New Zealand has invented a solution to your predicament: The Huski, a small gadget that uses dry ice to bring the temperature of a bottle of beer, or any other beverage, from warm to ice-cold in mere moments.
The process is simple, Hodgson told The New Zealand Herald: "You have plastic cooling cells which are pressed down into the dock which houses the liquid carbon dioxide. The liquid CO2 expands and is pressurized into dry ice in the base of the cooling cells ... in a moment. You then pop it into your drink and then proceed from there as you normally would."
The Huski, which is expected to retail for around $50, isn't available in stores yet, but something tells us this great gadget is bound to be a major hit at tailgating parties, poker games, and – well, just about everywhere, really.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
J'can tops biz school class worldwide
Jamaican economist Richard Lumsden recently topped the graduating class of the Manchester Business School, not only for the Jamaica Institute of Bankers-coordinated local programme, but for the entire Manchester Business School worldwide.
Manchester Business School is ranked #22 among biz schools globally by the UK Financial Times newspaper.
Manchester Business School is ranked #22 among biz schools globally by the UK Financial Times newspaper.
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