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AirJet’s solid-state cooling could radically improve tomorrow’s laptops
PC World ^ | 01/18/2023 | Michael Crider

Posted on 01/18/2023 8:43:12 PM PST by aimhigh

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1 posted on 01/18/2023 8:43:12 PM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

Vibrating membrane.. not solid state.

It’s a flat lung. Not revolutionary.

Now a tubular peltier... we’re talking real advancement.


2 posted on 01/18/2023 9:01:59 PM PST by Celerity
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To: aimhigh

Very interesting.

Never occurred to me.


3 posted on 01/18/2023 9:43:41 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: aimhigh

Cool..... 🤣 could not resist....


4 posted on 01/18/2023 9:48:29 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: aimhigh

Certainly seems like a huge advance over a blower for low current, miniaturized, active heat transfer. What is MTBF? I didn’t catch that. Certainly better than fans with cheap bearings.


5 posted on 01/18/2023 9:53:26 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: aimhigh

“…the 2.8mm chip has cavities in the top full of vibrating membranes,…”

Sounds like moving parts to me…


6 posted on 01/18/2023 9:59:57 PM PST by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: logi_cal869

Vibrating elements have been produced in MEMS for a long time but they’ve typically been aimed at micro motors or something that produces force. This is quite clever in that it only requires movement of air molecules and uses a large number of elements working in parallel to do that. It’s kind of the reverse of a MEMS microphone where air vibrations produce an electrical output in a piezo element.


7 posted on 01/18/2023 10:25:20 PM PST by bigbob (p)
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To: steve86

#5 MTBF is ‘Mean time between failures’


8 posted on 01/19/2023 1:24:51 AM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: aimhigh

ping


9 posted on 01/19/2023 1:29:22 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: bigbob

Damn good analogy... 👍


10 posted on 01/19/2023 1:36:10 AM PST by SandwicheGuy ("Man is the only pack animal that will follow an unstable leader." Cesar Chavez)
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To: aimhigh

Bkmk


11 posted on 01/19/2023 2:43:16 AM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: aimhigh

Bkmk


12 posted on 01/19/2023 2:43:17 AM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: sauropod

ping for later


13 posted on 01/19/2023 3:21:50 AM PST by babygene (Make America Great Again)
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To: Celerity

If they would put a geranium diode in there it would double in capacity.


14 posted on 01/19/2023 6:23:15 AM PST by Flint
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To: Flint
geranium diode

Well, maybe smell nice anyway.

15 posted on 01/19/2023 7:59:01 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: aimhigh

“...cavities in the top full of vibrating membranes...”

A high-pitched whine to bother men and dogs, or too high for both to hear?


16 posted on 01/19/2023 8:39:27 AM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: aimhigh
Air jet?

If it's anything like the Bed Jet, that thing is invaluable!
Hehehe, No kidding, that Bed Jet is the best thing that happened to sleep since the Sleep Number bed.

And no, I do NOT work for 'em...

17 posted on 01/19/2023 11:33:34 AM PST by China Clipper ( Animals? I love animals. See? There's one there, right next to the potatoes!)
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