{"id":8760,"date":"2015-07-27T20:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T03:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=8760"},"modified":"2015-08-03T16:04:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T23:04:27","slug":"cooling-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/cooling-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooling Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is well upon us, and while the late-night adventures, good friends, and great memories thing is swell and all, the sweltering, suffocating, laying-on-the-basement-floor all day heat is perhaps not as exciting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Summer Expectation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/exp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-8761 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/exp.jpg\" alt=\"exp\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/exp.jpg 500w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/exp-225x149.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Summer Reality<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tumblr_n21dg7o5EQ1ts11rqo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"tumblr_n21dg7o5EQ1ts11rqo1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tumblr_n21dg7o5EQ1ts11rqo1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tumblr_n21dg7o5EQ1ts11rqo1_500-225x122.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And while our television\/Tumblr-born expectations promise the simple summer solution to overheating is just to escape to your nearest aquatically inclined vacation destination, my college student wallet regrets to inform me that even a Walmart kiddie pool is a bit out of reach.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So what are we to do?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to some truly intrepid DIY&#8217;ers, you\u00a0do not need to drop four thousand dollars on a high end cooling system or a ticket to Cancun to survive this summer. In fact if you have about 10 bucks (Or for you college students, the US standard conversion is 7 McChicken\u2019s, one month of Netflix, or 1\/50<sup>th<\/sup> of a textbook) you can build your own air conditioner system that lasts up to six hours!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Keep-Me-Cool-Portable-Air-Conditioning-Cooler-120V\/\">http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Keep-Me-Cool-Portable-Air-Conditioning-Cooler-120V\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Keep-Me-Cool-Portable-Air-Conditioning-Cooler-120V\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-8770 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FP60M0BGRFMV7KA.MEDIUM-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"FP60M0BGRFMV7KA.MEDIUM\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FP60M0BGRFMV7KA.MEDIUM-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FP60M0BGRFMV7KA.MEDIUM-225x169.jpg 225w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FP60M0BGRFMV7KA.MEDIUM.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if you intend to leave the house at any point (which is apparently at times is an\u00a0important part of being an adult) you can take the cool with you with your own Ice Vest!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Ice-Vest\/\">http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Ice-Vest\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Ice-Vest\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-8769 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/F4X5NJXHXMKR45Q.LARGE_-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"F4X5NJXHXMKR45Q.LARGE\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/F4X5NJXHXMKR45Q.LARGE_-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/F4X5NJXHXMKR45Q.LARGE_.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/F4X5NJXHXMKR45Q.LARGE_-169x225.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that your body temperature is within reasonable range it\u2019s time to attend to what is likely the next more important part of your life, your laptop. With this incredibly simple hack, you can keep Old Faithful comfortable and streaming Netflix.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Keep-your-laptop-cool\/\">http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Keep-your-laptop-cool\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Keep-your-laptop-cool\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-8771 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FWUJNNNGCI8KT73.MEDIUM-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"FWUJNNNGCI8KT73.MEDIUM\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FWUJNNNGCI8KT73.MEDIUM-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FWUJNNNGCI8KT73.MEDIUM-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FWUJNNNGCI8KT73.MEDIUM.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, you can\u2019t truly binge watch your favorite series without a nice cool beverage to enjoy. If you happen to be part of the 95% of the population who does not prefer their liquids at lukewarm, you can quick-chill your drink in just two minutes!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Cool-A-Drink-In-2-Minutes\/\">http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Cool-A-Drink-In-2-Minutes\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Cool-A-Drink-In-2-Minutes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-8768 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/F3P7OV9I84BHRN4.MEDIUM-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"F3P7OV9I84BHRN4.MEDIUM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/F3P7OV9I84BHRN4.MEDIUM-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/F3P7OV9I84BHRN4.MEDIUM-225x127.jpg 225w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/F3P7OV9I84BHRN4.MEDIUM.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-8760 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='8760' data-nonce='3c15ebf169' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-8760 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-8760 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='8760' data-nonce='3c15ebf169' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-8760 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-8760 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overheated and under-financed? 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We have curated some of the best D.I.Y cooling solutions, just for you and your&#8217;e biologically fragile body temperature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":8770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1561],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[4485],"class_list":["post-8760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-applications"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FP60M0BGRFMV7KA.MEDIUM.jpg","authors":[{"term_id":4485,"user_id":36,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mirandamay7","display_name":"Miranda Hansen","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9bae943b615ddb1dedee72ccb219b464?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Hansen","last_name_2":"","first_name":"Miranda","first_name_2":"","job_title":"","description":"I enjoy creative writing, engineering, thinking, building, exploring and sharing with people.\r\nHuge aficionado of spending time thinking about things that \u201cdon\u2019t matter.\u201d \r\n I am very interested in unconstrained creativity. 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