We are based in the US and while there are definitely mining applications, the idea is that the computational load across a larger distributed network essentially becomes the "fuel" to keep the components hot and transferring heat. There's also local computational demand, so theoretically, the device could control anything in your house with a CPU or GPU. Globally, the collective computational power could be tapped by you, or third parties for whatever it's needed for - advanced math, research, whatever. It's not an uncommon model actually. SETI uses a similar platform where they will use a portion of your home computer's power to run calcs - but it's extremely limiting. This prototype is VERY powerful computationally speaking. Essentially, when you plug it into a network of other "like minded" devices, you've got access to a super computer that just so happens to heat / coool your home, give you got water, and act as a smart meter for all of your other digital devices.
That's the idea anyway!
I thought about that a few weeks ago, I only thought about a house heater application. Because of this the device would only be usefull during winter (or in Alaska
) so my solution was to ship it to different areas depending on the weather... But it isn't efficient at all. A water warming solution would be much more efficient, the only problem I see is that these miners use the same amount of power all the time, the warm water is needed in precise moments. So in order to do it one would need to 1) use a little warm water (no bath only shower for instance) 2) have a huge water heater tank.
Both of these solutions are not optimum because 1) a person has not as much comfort and would have to do sacrifices and 2) a huge water tank would have to be installed (maybe 500 liters) => it's expensive, takes place and energy loses are higher. (but at least this energy would be use efficiently)
What would your solution be ?
