In great news for people who don’t have a great deal of space to dedicate to an extra fridge to keep your beers chilled, theoretical physicists Chris van den Broeck and Ryoichi Kawai believe that they have invented the worlds smallest fridge.
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Smallest Fridge Needs A
Tiny Beer!
Unfortunately, this
nanoscopic fridge is no good for anybody who wishes to keep anything much
larger than a few molecules warm. The premise behind the refrigerator relies
on brownian motion, the effect which
describes the way in which smoke moves, using a tiny paddle to cool a set of
molecules by drawing their heat into a different place.
Until our beer is delivered
on a molecular level, and provided to us via nano machines, we will need to
work with traditionally sized fridges to chill our beer. As more and more of
us are choosing to buy our beer from supermarkets and off licences rather than in the pub, the
use of beer and drink fridges to keep beverages nice and chilled is set to
rise in a similar way. According to The Independent, it is down to the twin
reasons of people feeling more comfortable at home rather than going out, and
the fact that going to the pub is far more expensive than buying your alcohol
elsewhere is causing people to shun the old drinking patterns.
With more reasons to start staying at home and less to spend it out at the pub and with sizes of fridges changing it could be a good time to look at your current home and whether you are comfortable there and it suits your needs. With more and more time spent in the living area an Estate Agents Cheltenham company at sites like www.meandyouestateagents.co.uk could help you search for something a little more roomy.
What to look for in a drinks fridge
As with any fridge, finding
an appliance which has a high energy efficiency level is important. Given the
fact that fridges are usually switched on all of the time, the more efficient
it is, the less money it will take to run, which is somewhat more important
than in other, more occasionally used, appliances. Similarly, the size of the
drinks fridge is important. Too small, and you are unlikely to be able to fit
a lot more than a couple of cans inside your new fridge, while if it is too
large, the chances of it fitting into the intended space are reduced. Striking
a happy medium, and getting a fridge which both fits in the intended space
while having room for as many drinks as you would like on the inside.
The weight of your
miniature drinks fridge is somewhat more important than that of your main food
appliance, thanks to the fact that you are more likely to move a beer fridge
around the house depending on the occasion which you are hosting. A boys’
night in located in the basement to watch the match would benefit from the
fridge being placed there for the night, while a barbecue would benefit from
your drinks fridge being as close to the garden as possible to limit the
distance people have to travel to get refreshments.