Summer is right around the corner, so you know what that means: you’re about to start sweating like a pig (even though pigs don’t actually sweat). Helping you overcome that sticky situation is something called the CoolWare Personal Cooling System.

Available from The Sharper Image, it’s a collar that you wrap around your neck and it’s supposed to keep you as comfortable as possible when the mercury starts to rise. The inner part is made of anodized aluminum (cool metal always feels nice on a hot day), and the inside contains a two-speed fan and two ounces of water in a reservoir.

Taken all together, you experience a cooling sensation that “refreshes” your entire body. You’ll probably still want to have an icy cold drink on hand and you’ll need to swap out the battery and/or water in the CoolWare every 2 to 4 hours, but at least you’ll look like Rover with his invisible fence collar while you’re doing it.

Check it out for $49.99. Or just stay indoors with a desk fan reading Mobile Magazine.

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As laptops get thinner and lighter, it becomes increasingly difficult for manufacturers to shoehorn in adequate sets of fans to keep the heat down. Dell’s Vostro V130 addresses the imminent overheating problem by utilizing Hyperbaric Cooling.

The Intel Advanced Cooling Technology system is what Dell uses, they still makes use of fans, but it does so in a much more efficient manner. It doesn’t just draw air universally into the laptop from its surroundings; instead, it redirects the flow of air as needed toward specific components. Say the graphics card is heating up a little too quickly; the Hyperbaric Cooling system will guide the air in that direction and then channel the warmer air back out.

Apparently, this is more efficient also helps to reduce the noise of fans too. That’s a good thing, but the effects on the battery life have yet to be determined. After all, it’s working a little harder than just blowing air randomly into the system as a whole.

The rest of the specs on the somewhat business-oriented Dell Vostro V130 aren’t really anything to write home about. You get a choice of Core i3 or i5 ULV processor, a 13.3-inch HD WLED display, full-sized keyboard, Bluetooth, WiFi, WiMAX support, and a 0.65″ to 0.78″ inch tapering profile. The whole package weighs in at just 3.5 pounds and starts at a cool $429.

[Crunch Gear via Dell PR]

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