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* Aimed at [[Heating and cooling|cooling]] the person, not the entire Hexayurt. | * Aimed at [[Heating and cooling|cooling]] the person, not the entire Hexayurt. | ||
* Low energy consumption, battery powered. | * Low energy consumption, battery powered. | ||
* Simple enough that in volume production the price would fall into our general price range. | * Simple enough that, in volume production, the price would fall into our general price range. | ||
It's important to understand that the Hexayurt project is a mix of proprietary and open systems. Specific functions, like [[solar]] power generation, require technologies | It's important to understand that the Hexayurt project is a mix of proprietary and open systems. Specific functions, like [[solar]] power generation, require technologies with extremely expensive development costs, of a kind which [[open source]] projects can't fund. But the fruits of those developments are what we call COTS (common, off the shelf) technologies. The SleepBreeze system is a very good technology in a COTS area: you ''could'' substitute a fan, but it would not work as well. | ||
Andy is also consulting with us on more general cooling and thermal issues, like where to position vents and how many we need and what kinds of interior temperature ranges we could expect to see in various conditions. | Andy is also consulting with us on more general cooling and thermal issues, like where to position vents and how many we would need, and what kinds of interior temperature ranges we could expect to see in various conditions. | ||
[[Category:Hexayurt project]] | [[Category:Hexayurt project]] | ||
[[Category:Heating and cooling]] | [[Category:Heating and cooling]] | ||
Revision as of 22:44, 28 August 2010
We are currently working closely with Andy Buxton and his SleepBreeze personal cooler. Unfortunately we can't tell you very much about their personal cooling system at this point because it has not launched yet, but if you check that page you can get more of the picture. We can reveal a few key features:
- Aimed at cooling the person, not the entire Hexayurt.
- Low energy consumption, battery powered.
- Simple enough that, in volume production, the price would fall into our general price range.
It's important to understand that the Hexayurt project is a mix of proprietary and open systems. Specific functions, like solar power generation, require technologies with extremely expensive development costs, of a kind which open source projects can't fund. But the fruits of those developments are what we call COTS (common, off the shelf) technologies. The SleepBreeze system is a very good technology in a COTS area: you could substitute a fan, but it would not work as well.
Andy is also consulting with us on more general cooling and thermal issues, like where to position vents and how many we would need, and what kinds of interior temperature ranges we could expect to see in various conditions.