Cool job: Japan neck AC chills workers by 20 C as global temps rise

Fujitsu General targets construction and factory crew with wearable device

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The device can lower temperatures by as much as 20 C than the wearer's environment. It also doubles as a warmer. (Fujitsu General)

MANA KUBOTA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Air conditioner maker Fujitsu General has developed a neck-worn cooling device designed to give construction and factory workers relief from the heat, as warmer global temperatures often put them in dangerously hot conditions.

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