The Chicago Tribune had an article that the hot new summer gadget in Irag is a low powered AC.
In the summer, Iraq has temperatures in the 120's (Fahrenheit). This summer, to better distribute electricity across the country - the Iraqi government is limiting each home to a 10 amps program.
This makes regular air conditioners obsolete, because they require 16 amps to run. Somebody then invented a split-unit air conditioner that uses only 5 amps.
Even though the units cost $350 (which is a lot of money to the average Iraqi these days), stores in Iraq can hardly keep the unit on the shelves.
This goes to show you that "necessity being the mother of invention" is true - even across different cultures.
Monday, 14 April 2008
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