This is the 5th generation of the device. I don't think it's a response to climate change in any way. Japan and South Korea is obsessed with self image and (sometimes perceived) personal hygiene, so the device doesn't hit me as odd.
Also, it's in line with Low Tech Magazine's "heat people not spaces" stance, so it's not bad from any perspectives.
Makes sense that this is coming out of Hong Kong. I visited there in late July a few years back and it was unbelievably hot and humid (and I lived in Louisiana at the time).
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This is the 5th generation of the device. I don't think it's a response to climate change in any way. Japan and South Korea is obsessed with self image and (sometimes perceived) personal hygiene, so the device doesn't hit me as odd.
Also, it's in line with Low Tech Magazine's "heat people not spaces" stance, so it's not bad from any perspectives.
Makes sense that this is coming out of Hong Kong. I visited there in late July a few years back and it was unbelievably hot and humid (and I lived in Louisiana at the time).
Go to Tokyo in Summer, you'll know why this device sells.