A start-up in Bengaluru has come up with an innovative battery-operated personal cooling device for helmets which claims to create a micro-climate inside the helmet which is 6-15 degrees lower than the ambient temperature. Designed for one's existing full-face helmet, the gadget provides a dust-free ride with a bonus de-fogging feature to fight the pollution and dust in the cities, the manufacturers say.
"The idea came with the thought that instead of cooling a room, why not cool the person?" said Sundararajan Krishnan, CEO of AptEner Technologies which has come up with water-based personal air cooler BluSnap.
The battery can be easily be taken out for charging. Once fully charged, it lasts 10 hours.
"We did not want to make a disposable filter, but something that can be re-used and is environment-friendly too," said Arvind, the designer for BluSnap.
The miniature air cooler for helmet comes with detachable, replaceable parts.
"We never had any doubt about the the concept. In Bengaluru's pleasant weather also, where the temp is around 25-27 degrees Celsius, inside the helmet one is at at 36-37 degrees, so the case for cooling inside the helmet makes itself," he said, adding that the only concerns were will people be open to adding another accessory to their helmet as it would add t some weight.
Going forward, the start-up, wants to build helmets with a cooling feature along with bluetooth, navigation systems, so that one can get features of a car, right inside one's helmet.
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