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Reverse Microwave Chills Beer In 45 Seconds

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Re: Reverse Microwave Chills Beer In 45 Seconds

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Sounds like it should be substantially better than those cheap bottle coolers that usually just have a suction cup and a small electric motor to spin a bottle while it's covered in ice. Definitely a really neat & smart concept -- wonder what it'll cost though.

This looks like the same thing, except it's spinning in icy water (look at the last few seconds) in a bigger space.

Re: Reverse Microwave Chills Beer In 45 Seconds

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post #3

Sounds like it should be substantially better than those cheap bottle coolers that usually just have a suction cup and a small electric motor to spin a bottle while it's covered in ice. Definitely a really neat & smart concept -- wonder what it'll cost though.

This looks like the same thing, except it's spinning in icy water (look at the last few seconds) in a bigger space.

Ah, yes.

I was hoping this would be using something like laser cooling[1], which can be though of as the actual reverse process of microwave heating.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_cooling

Re: Reverse Microwave Chills Beer In 45 Seconds

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I can't watch videos where I work, so could someone briefly explain what this does? Is it anything to do with actual microwave radiation, or is it using accelerated conduction?

EDIT: if only YouTube is blocked... there's a video available here: http://www.v-tex-technology.co.uk/ It mentions nothing about "microwave", and is just a deceptive title on that food blog's part.

Re: Reverse Microwave Chills Beer In 45 Seconds

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Is this new? I can remember wine coolers in British supermarkets in the early 90s where you placed a wine bottle into a receptacle, pressed a button and extracted a very cold bottle about 90 seconds later. I'm guessing they just circulated cold water round the bottle.
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