If you've racked up sky-high electricity bills this summer from using all that air conditioning, there may be an alternative solution that could stop heat from entering your home via one major source: windows.
Researchers at Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have developed a design for self-cooling windows that is modeled after the human body's circulatory system. Our body's blood vessels near the skin's surface dilate when we're feeling hot, which allows more blood to circulate, and cools us off, according to the institute. The idea is: Why not carry over that biological concept to the windows we have in our homes? Read more...
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