Bob
31st August 2004, 23:50
Physicist Glen Guttman has developed a revolutionary motorcycle air conditioner, an electronic unit powered by a standard motorcycle battery to funnel cold air into a thermal undershirt worn under a motorcyclist's heavy outer jacket.
He said the unit, which works without a compressor, was technologically simple, but "like any simple idea, you have to think it up and then you have to implement it."
The air conditioning unit, a small, lightweight box that fits in the motorcycle's storage compartment, connects by rubber tubing to the motorcyclist's torso.
Guttman said that he and a partner were hoping to move the system into production by mid-2005.
He said the unit, which works without a compressor, was technologically simple, but "like any simple idea, you have to think it up and then you have to implement it."
The air conditioning unit, a small, lightweight box that fits in the motorcycle's storage compartment, connects by rubber tubing to the motorcyclist's torso.
Guttman said that he and a partner were hoping to move the system into production by mid-2005.