'Human Refrigerator' Debuts in Japan Amid Rising Temperatures
The Do Hiemon Box costs 1.5 million yen and is designed to cool users in 10 minutes as Japan faces rising heatstroke cases.
- Japanese companies SDRS and Trusco launched the "Do Hiemon" personal cooling box, a stainless steel unit offering "whole-body cooling" to combat extreme heat and available for 1.5m yen .
- Japan is battling an extreme heatwave, with the meteorological agency recording 38.5C in Toyota and surpassing 36C in Tokyo on Monday as the government issued heatstroke alerts.
- The 213cm-high Hiemon unit blows air chilled to 5C, cooling users within five minutes, while costing 16 yen an hour to operate with a 20-minute automatic shutoff.
- Seven people have died from heatstroke in Japan this year, and more than 4,500 were hospitalized between July 6 and 12, prompting companies to suggest deployment at construction sites and schools.
- The government introduced the term "kokushobi," or "cruelly hot," for days exceeding 40C, as the meteorological agency warned thermometers could rise beyond that threshold on Wednesday and Thursday.
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When the heat hits, many people open the fridge in search of something cold to drink. But in Japan, there is now a fridge that people can step into themselves to seek temporary shelter from the heat.
Japan is selling a refrigerator to cool the human body for Rs 9 lakh. It is already a hit in Tokyo
A Japanese company has released a human refrigerator which can cool down the body within 5 minutes and relieve heat exhaustion symptoms within 10 minutes. It is being sold for 1.5 million yen amid extreme heat in Tokyo.
The temperature inside the structure is around 15 degrees Celsius, and cold air is directed to specific parts of the body.
A Japanese company has created a device similar to a human refrigerator to fight the heat wave.
Japan’s Answer to Deadly Summer Heat Is a Refrigerator for Humans
Japanese summers are now so unbearable that someone looked at a refrigerator and thought, logically, that humans should just go in one. The Do Hiemon Box, created by Japanese refrigeration company SDRS and sold through industrial supplier Trusco Nakayama, is exactly what it sounds like: a metallic, glass-fronted booth the size and shape of a […] The post Japan’s Answer to Deadly Summer Heat Is a Refrigerator for Humans appeared first on VICE.
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