Aug 23 2009It Buuuuuurns!: Scientists Invent Mug That Keeps Beverages At Perfect Temperature
Physicists have invented a coffee mug to keep your beverage at the ideal temperature for 30 minutes. What is the ideal temperature? Allegedly 58 degrees Celsius (136.4 degrees Fahrenheit). I beg to differ.
The key for this magic trick is physics and PCM--phase change material--an extraordinary substance used in construction and winter clothing. PCM is capable of storing and releasing heat or cold.
The perfect mug follows the same principle: It is made of hollow ceramics. Inside there's an aluminum structure--as you can see in the image above--which gets filled with PCM. When you pour in your hot coffee, the heat gets absorbed reaching your personal optimum level based on the amount of PCM in the cup's interior. According to Klaus Sedlbauer, head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, you can customize this on manufacturing.
You want to know the ideal temperature of my beverage? It's called ICE COLD BEER. But I will drink it hot if I have to. Last summer I drank a case of beer that had been in the trunk of my car for a week. I peed fire, true story.
Physicists Create Perfect Coffee Mug That Keeps Perfect Temperature [gizmodo]
Reader Comments
1. ASIAN SENSATION - August 23, 2009 5:45 PM
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2. pfft - August 23, 2009 5:48 PM
2nd
3. what - August 23, 2009 5:51 PM
third lol
4. kate - August 23, 2009 5:52 PM
your name is asian sensation? can you do my math homework? oh, and i'd totally prefer ice cold anything to hot ass something
5. Jaycob - August 23, 2009 6:00 PM
yes hopefully this is implemented in marijuana paraphernalia
6. Ryan - August 23, 2009 6:15 PM
Well... It's definitely more functional than good looking- Which might be a problem when they try to sell it.
7. naas - August 23, 2009 6:20 PM
Terminally ill people everywhere just jumped for joy
8. Ryan - August 23, 2009 6:32 PM
Why is that Naas?
9. That one guy - August 23, 2009 7:07 PM
screw this cup. invent a hat that will hold a whole pony keg without breaking my neck and we'll talk.
10. TheOverrated - August 23, 2009 7:46 PM
in other news, scientists invent the perfect vagina. it is 2 feet wide with herpes.
i think 136degrees is kinda too hot...
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11. Dishy Dishyington - August 23, 2009 8:19 PM
That's one ugly mug.
12. ಠ_ಠ - August 23, 2009 8:37 PM
ಠ_ಠ
13. Cup-O-Jesus - August 23, 2009 8:45 PM
@ASIAN SENSATION
You put feces in your mouth and chew it and swallow it. with crunchy bits of cat litter on the outside.
14. Daisy - August 23, 2009 8:54 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was in the tomato garden with his grandfather and his grandfather made orange peel fangs, and then died of a heart attack.
15. Cup-O-Jesus - August 23, 2009 9:35 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was in the garden with his father and his father made a woman out of his rib and they had two boys. One of them killed the other and then went to the… village? and found a… wife? and got married.
16. Billy Rapture - August 23, 2009 11:50 PM
This would keep my twat waffle worm
17. Maine - August 24, 2009 2:05 AM
Why not keep it hot for several hours so i can forget about it when i am studying and still enjoy at 4am ....3 hours after the cafe closes :/
18. Graf Zeppelin - August 24, 2009 2:37 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete Daisy job. You can tell its a Daisy because the cables are all butt ugly.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Daisy was in the coffeecup with his grandfather and his grandfather roasted him alive together with 8 firstarders and then died of a heart attack.
19. Web Hosting Reviews - August 24, 2009 3:09 AM
wow!
This is really a great invention,which this seems to be a useful mug that can be use for different types of beverages. This seems to be so cool!
20. jakob - August 24, 2009 6:14 AM
i know you tell the truth. bi-weekly i pee alcohol (albeit deluded) from drinking the blood of those attending my vampire 'parties' in my basement. i can stop any time i want to. i just dont want to.
21. Mr. cow - August 24, 2009 7:18 AM
Moo
22. geekomeek - August 24, 2009 7:27 AM
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23. Jaded Icon - August 24, 2009 8:42 AM
@ GW
Hate to break it to you G-dub, but although your pee was a mix of red and yellow and although it did burn like crazy when you pissed......it was not actually fire.......you need to get checked out man.
24. Pat - August 24, 2009 9:02 AM
Good thing scientists are working on keeping our beverages cool and not, say, a cure for cancer.
25. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - August 24, 2009 10:30 AM
WOW! My travel mug keeps it hot for longer than 30minutes... Way to underacheive.
26. CHRYZ - August 28, 2009 8:59 PM
If the one in the picture is the actual mug, I wouldn`t pour any kind of liquid unless it`s my own pee, and then throw it to the face of whomever though that was a good idea.