2026-02-08 17:09 UTC
Replies (40)
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@MarieMarion@literature.cafe 2026-02-08 17:20
When it's hot enough, the blades start melting. As metal slowly drops, they get lighter on the inner edge (thinner part, melts faster), and start rotating because they're not balanced anymore.
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@foodandart@lemmy.zip 2026-02-08 17:51
It aligns itself with the magnetic field of metal of the stove and starts a transduction of capicitive resonation that interferes with the polaritive vibrations of the planetary magnetic field. This in turn creates a localized pulse of geomagnetic interference that the fan blades are sensitive to, and their shape works to create a single direction rotation that both pushes air and traps the interference and creates a perpetual motion at the same time. Brilliant engineering, honestly.
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@smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-08 18:08
It doesn't work. It's an optical illusion, but is so compelling that yiu hallucinate feeling the air move. This was first used on gas stoves, which is where the term gaslighting came from.
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@bstix@feddit.dk 2026-02-09 07:47
If someone posted how it actually works, it would probably get upvoted, because the real explanation is more exotic than what most people think. The fan is connected to a small electric engine, powered by an electronic device in between the top and bottom parts. This device runs on fediverse upvotes.
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@KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2026-02-08 17:17
There's obviously a group of very small people trapped inside a hamster wheel style contraption. As the fan structure heats up, the floor of the wheel grows uncomfortably hot, and forces the little people to continuously run to avoid getting burned (continually cycling the cooler top of the wheel down to the bottom). This in turn turns the fan blades. I am honestly appalled that you would buy such a thing; it's cruel.
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@Agent641@lemmy.world 2026-02-09 15:08
There is a tiny man inside the drum behind the fan and as it heats up, he must walk forward like on a hamster wheel to not burn his bare feet. The man walks inexorably forward, blind and delirious from exhaustion to avoid the agony of being roasted alive. You're a sick fuck for buying this thing OP.
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@Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 2026-02-08 21:07
There are little gnomes inside and when it gets hot they start hopping. That hopping powers the fan.
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@Etterra@discuss.online 2026-02-09 06:49
It gets too hot and needs to fan itself off before it faints.
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@YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2026-02-09 11:27
Boiling water.
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@pturn1@lemmy.world 2026-02-08 18:00
Thoughts & Prayers ^TM^
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@Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 2026-02-09 04:58
The fan has a small gnome creature permanently jailed for his crimes between the bottom foot and top fan. When you heat the bottom he bounces around Mario 64 style and rotates a small crank attached via string. This motion generates enough energy to spin the fan at like 3 rpm. The gnome cannot be released under any circumstances.
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@taiyang@lemmy.world 2026-02-08 20:25
Quite simply, as it says, when things get heated, such as during a fight with your spouse, the fan will start trying to escape which causes it to spin. This also works if you start yelling at it yourself, although you need to be genuine. It can detect if you're lying, so get angry!
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@PodPerson@lemmy.zip 2026-02-08 22:28
The 5G sends theta control waves to humanoid brains and the closest human to the fan reflects some of those control waves onto the collecting fins on the body of the fan, thereby resonating and making the fan blades spin. Obviously.
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@hedge_lord@lemmy.world 2026-02-09 06:00
The earth is spinning like really quickly all the time and we just don't notice it. Heat if a form of vibration, and so when heat is applied to the bottom of the fan the atoms there move more. A gyroscope resists tilting forces because it is spinning, and the earth is spinning, but the vibration of the fan decouples it from this effect. The blades are able to move freely and the earth moves around them, pushing air through the blades. tldr: It's not spinning, you are spinning
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@SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2026-02-09 00:45
Wind turbine for Jesus farts.
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@MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2026-02-09 03:06
Ghost blowing on it like a pinwheel.
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@Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2026-02-09 01:26
Why is the gauge missing rpm? And when will this tech evolve for human body heat? \ (I want to fly using by buttplug!)
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@kalpol@lemmy.ca 2026-02-09 12:44
HEAT not included
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@GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 2026-02-08 18:09
When air is warm, it rises. As the air attaches to the blades, the air is tricked into accepting a new definition of "up" which rotates with the blades, endlessly propelling them. As that air cools, warmer air is drawn in and entrapped, continuing the cycle.
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-02-10 12:47
Steam powered.
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@atomp@piefed.zip 2026-02-08 18:30
Love
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@Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2026-02-08 19:52
This object is stationary. It's base is full of LSD, Magic Mushroom and a choice, proprietary cocktail. Eat the drugs and you spin, while the fan just watches you and silently approves.
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@axexrx@lemmy.world 2026-02-09 02:58
It gets hot, then it blows you- what else is there to know?
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@Hond@piefed.social 2026-02-08 17:36
It converts the vibrations from me shagging your mom in the kitchen.
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@darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 2026-02-09 00:46
There's a little guy in the hub and as it gets hotter he begins running trying to escape which creates rotational energy to spin the blade
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@LostGhost@piefed.social 2026-02-09 03:13
Straight up magic
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@rook@lemmy.zip 2026-02-09 18:46
Connects to Tesla's wireless electricity tower ofc
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@OldGrayDog@lemmynsfw.com 2026-02-08 20:12
Heat power like the box says, duh!
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@Pat@feddit.nu 2026-02-10 06:46
It's heat powered. Obviously.
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@stiffyGlitch@lemmy.world 2026-02-09 14:12
Fake: the fan doesn't work ADHD: the fan is inside the stove
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@rook@lemmy.zip 2026-02-09 18:45
I too thought about mine. It stopped working one day. I found a USBC port on the back, just charged it up. Now it works
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@Kattiydid@slrpnk.net 2026-02-08 17:49
It's a fan powered by the thrusting of people in heat who are fucking because they're stuck inside on a cold winter night. It thus harnesses the unlimited power of horney people to keep homes warm and well circulated.
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@melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2026-02-09 12:09
The fan draws body heat towards the stove so, in the long run, you use less firewood.
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@paulcdb@lemmy.world 2026-02-10 02:31
I mean, it says on the package. You need heat, so fly to the nearest sun and install it on the hottest part. Just position carefully so you don't cause the sun to spin slower and cause a cooldown effect as that'll cause it to stop working!
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@JustJack23@slrpnk.net 2026-02-08 17:49
The hot air from the stovetop move the blades like a windmill obviously
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@b_tr3e@feddit.org 2026-02-08 21:00
Witchcraft! Sorcery and devil's work!
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@T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2026-02-08 18:31
Spite
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@Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 2026-02-08 19:40
Charle's and Boyle's gas laws. PV = nRT. As the temperature rises it creates a sudden increase in the volume and pressure of the immediate air. The increase pressure and volume in a closed room forces the fan blades to turn.
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@tino@lemmy.world 2026-02-09 10:50
I like the idea of watching Robert de Niro and Al Pacino in this absolute classic while enjoying a stream of fresh air, and 171 minutes of autonomy is pretty nice. But I don't see where the DVD should be inserted.
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@czer0_@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-08 19:12
Tiny gnomes.