Electronics generate a lot of “waste heat,” and cats enjoy sitting on warm surfaces: a match made in heaven?

Background: Modern households have many “always on” appliances that generate waste heat. Although some devices can sleep in a low-power mode (e.g., laptops, game consoles), others (e.g. WiFi routers, Figure 1) are warm to the touch 24/7. Proposal: Let’s harness some of that wasted energy and use it to heat a cat bed! This can […]