evidence: Did a 15-year-old orphan boy named Billy from Albuquerque invent a "cost free" air conditioner that "destroyed" the $15-billion air conditioning industry? No, that's not true: A marketing video making the claim is edited from an unrelated video of a teen software programming prodigy. The small portable Blaux air conditioner that the video is selling is not "cost free," and the company's website does not mention the story of the young inventor. The video tells a fake story intended to help an online marketer earn affiliate referral fees. [...] Sick of hot and stuffy rooms during summer? A 15-year-old just destroyed the billion dollar air-con industry with a device that pumps out ice cooled air for barely a dime... After word got out about what he'd made... Top colleges fought for the chance to give him a scholarship." [...] Finally, the air conditioner does not operate "cost free." It must be plugged into an electrical outlet to charge the battery, which has a cost.