Concrete Block Humidifier

Not a gadget, you say? Solid state, pal: entropy is the machine. [Yanko Design]

1. [knutmo]

   Why would you want to heat the block? Wouldn’t a simple room temperature block of concrete filled with water do? Or, if that’s not enough, you could put it on or close to the heater.

2. [knutmo]

   Why would you want to heat the block? Wouldn’t a simple room temperature block of concrete filled with water do? Or, if that’s not enough, you could put it on or close to the heater.

3. [Moriarty]

   So… a bowl?

4. [bardfinn]

   This is simply unacceptable as a gadget. It lacks the GeeWhiz factor and dubious latent toxicity of placing a cubic centimeter of dehydrated polyacrylamide into the bottom of a bowl and pouring in a cup or two of water.

5. [Chrs]

   Screw it, that’s awesome. Heat multiplies the humidity output by several times, and with the mechanical catalyst provided by the porous concrete it probably takes very little energy.

   Efficiency, simplicity, function. How is that not excellent?

6. [Enochrewt]

   This is way better than the standard humidifier made out of cheap beige plastic. I bet even when the mineral deposits build up on this block looks better than it’s predecessor.

7. [dculberson]

   But you must only fill it with bottled water gently poured by a hand with white nail polish. The designer decrees it.

8. [paulj]

   I love how on the Yanko Design page, there are Google ads for ugly plastic humidifiers with fake wood grain. That pretty much makes the sale right there, if only it were for sale.

9. [Halloween Jack]

   Wow–Yanko has reinvented the hot rock. Where can they go from here?

10. [dainel]

    Why don’t I just pour a bottle of water on the floor. Bigger surface area = faster evaporation.