Sony moves to develop wearable air conditioner

Japanese tech giant Sony is making moves to make summer very cool after pushing to crowdfunding the Reon Pocket, a device that’s essentially a wearable air conditioner.

Sony is crowdfunding this product as part of its First Flight program dubbed the Reon Pocket air conditioner which can be placed in a pouch inside a special t-shirt.

The device will then sit at the base of your neck and utilize the Peltier effect to either lower your body temperature by 23F or raise it by 14F silently.

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The Peltier effect is where heat is absorbed or emitted when an electrical current is passed across a junction.

The temperature can be controlled manually using a mobile app. Sony does point out that an automatic mode could be rolled out for the device through a future software update.

Sony says that it should be able to get a full 24 hours on a single charge and when you do need to charge it, just fill it up in two hours using the USB-C port.

The Reon Pocket project is close to being fully funded, however, it’s only expected to ship in Japan by March next year.

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