Octocube radiator looks like cubist brain meat

The Octocube radiator is a sculptural concept heater by Vivien Muller that would probably be pretty good at heating up a cold room, given all that surface area. But I can't help but think that with a thin slathering of translucent gelatin and some Pollackesque splatters of red paint, I'd have a lovely Spam-like cube of quivering cerebellum heating my living room.

Octocube [Vivien Muller via Gizmodo via Yanko]

[#1 posted by lia , May 8, 2008 2:33 PM]

A+++, would be grossed out by again. thanks, brownlee!

[#2 posted by Tenn , May 8, 2008 2:54 PM]

That's ace. I like.

[#3 posted by Frank_in_Virginia , May 8, 2008 3:03 PM]

At the right size, this would would look extra cool as an external heat sink for a liquid-cooled PC.

[#4 posted by Anonymous , May 9, 2008 7:31 AM]

Jesus God, imagine trying to get the cat hair, dust bunnies, and miscellaneous swarf out of that thing after six months.

[#5 posted by dculberson , May 9, 2008 7:58 AM]

I bet you could make one out of 90-degree copper "street elbows." Those are made to nest into one another. Like this:

http://www.cornerhardware.com/12inch_90_degree_street_elbow/6748_6961_7824/11895

Though the soldering would be really tedious, and at .69 (tee hee) per elbow, it would add up fast.

[#6 posted by Bruce Arthurs , May 9, 2008 11:07 AM]

This looks like the innards of the Bose Wave, on steroids.

[#7 posted by WeightedCompanionCube , May 9, 2008 11:49 AM]

bruce - Bose Wave on steroids?

you mean, you put a cheap speaker at one end and something unspeakably awful (instead of just plain bad) comes out the other?

I must admit,that is a very good looking cube :)