The device, embedded within two sheets of elastomer (a pliable plastic), uses electricity to create a change in ... the inside of the wearable features a phase-changing material that is similar ...

The global electronics maker Sony is just one of the companies getting into the cooling wearable game ... the unit uses a clever heat sink: a phase change material, or a substance that can ...

Imagine throwing on a coat that actively warms you before walking down a frigid street in winter, or slipping on wearable gloves that simulate sensation and change form while playing a VR video game.

Since the dawn of the electronics age, copper has been a preferred material to cool electronics ... which utilizes phase-change-based heat transfer, is part of a four year, $6 million program ...

An increasingly popular cooling mechanism in mattresses is phase change material (PCM), a substance ... and materials like PCM to bring people cooler, more comfortable sleep.