Gimmick. Wont solve anything.

Sketchy    

Wait a minute!, Since it's going to use more electric energy than an ordinary clock, it's going to cost us more energy (Watts)and I think it will cost us more in terms of energy bill, won't it?

Electricity bill will be going up because of Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) in Australia in the near future, I think using new products (including electric cars) which consume more electricity will not be a good idea at all......Notwithstanding its contemporary green ideas, the bottom line is that "Big energy bills give headache to households!!!!!"

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Sketchy

Very.

This thing may use green energy, but it's huge, ugly and I'm willing to bet it doesn't really work.

quote THM

Wait a minute!, Since it's going to use more electric energy than an ordinary clock, it's going to cost us more energy

Ofcourse it's going to use more energy than an ordinary clock, it's a music player. And you don't plug it into anything so it won't affect your electricity bill. I think you're slightly confused

That said, how much of a temperature change exactly does it need to play music? Would I have to sit it on a radiator and take it off every now and again?

That said, how much of a temperature change exactly does it need to play music? Would I have to sit it on a radiator and take it off every now and again?

hahahahah funny props to you

Well, if they can make it really efficient, it might sorta work, with a bit of effort (stick it in the oven, then the freezer for a few minutes each XD).

After all, radios require next to no energy, so if they could cut down on the moving parts as much as possible, and if they used high efficiency SSDs, maybe.....

Pointless. What a waste of space and money.

The whole point is that it powers itself from the temperature changes in your house. It doesn't cost you anything at all in terms of electricity.

If this were used to power a house, and it were very efficient, it would work well in the deserts of Nevada.

It's scorching hot in the day, and chilly at night. Seems like an ideal location for such technology.

I have a feeling that this works due to SMALL but constant changes in temperature causing some internal mechanism to move and generate a current.

I could be wrong. But if I'm right, having a huge difference between day and night temperature wouldn't help.

Then perhaps, 2000 years in the future, it'll find use powering a house on a planet that has a day-cycle of only 2 hours.

quote THM

Wait a minute!, Since it's going to use more electric energy than an ordinary clock, it's going to cost us more energy (Watts)and I think it will cost us more in terms of energy bill, won't it?

Electricity bill will be going up because of Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) in Australia in the near future, I think using new products (including electric cars) which consume more electricity will not be a good idea at all......Notwithstanding its contemporary green ideas, the bottom line is that "Big energy bills give headache to households!!!!!"

oh dear, did you actually read the article, it's powered by changes in temperature, the fact that it doesn't require mains electricity is the whole point!

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quote THM

Wait a minute!, Since it's going to use more electric energy than an ordinary clock, it's going to cost us more energy (Watts)and I think it will cost us more in terms of energy bill, won't it?

Electricity bill will be going up because of Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) in Australia in the near future, I think using new products (including electric cars) which consume more electricity will not be a good idea at all......Notwithstanding its contemporary green ideas, the bottom line is that "Big energy bills give headache to households!!!!!"

oh dear, did you actually read the article, it's powered by changes in temperature, the fact that it doesn't require mains electricity is the whole point!

Hee Hee, I did not read the whole article actually to be honest, I'm looking to something special when I was writing this comment.

As a matter of fact, I write my comment from a short glance of this article. Apologies for some misunderstanding!!!!!!!!!

I see a mug on the heating platform in one of the images, which is a good sign, but I'd really like to know how much heating this needs. All good and proper advertising this as Green, is it efficient though?