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Ultra Efficient Chip Cooling Passes Boeing Tests
joelgrimes writes "A company called Cool Chips plc is showing off a cooling device that claims unbelievable efficiencies using what they call 'quantum mechanical electron tunneling'. A choice quote from their press release: "A panel of Cool Chips one inch square will provide enough cooling for a refrigerator; a panel about two inches square will have the capacity to provide the air conditioning for a living room". They also mention using them to cool microprocessors. I used to think this company was nuts, but Boeing is making me think twice. Oh, and by the way, they work in reverse to make electricity from heat. Should I sell my baseball cards and buy their stock now, or can an army of slashdotters poke holes in their claims?" Fascinating stuff. Makes peltier coolers look pretty old school. In the press release they claim up to 80% efficiency, compared to 5-8% for peltier coolers and 50% for conventional refrigeration. I will say the cool chips corporate logo is baffling, though.
The only chip cooling you ever need is vinegar and ketchup. (Oh wait, most of you are Americans and will call those "fries"... Forget I mentioned it)
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
If what they claim is true, why has their server melted?
If they were truly smart, they would have sold banner ads before one of their employees submitted their site to /.
Who is going to be the first idiot to get their tongue stuck to one of these!?
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Could someone please come up with a reasonable theory on what the hell the dolphin-with-pick-ax logo is supposed to be before my head explodes?
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I want the chip that removes the loudest people from the party.
HH
I agree. It looks like they've created a device to get dollar bills to jump from the gap between gullible bank accounts and theirs.
I think he means the Boeing that still has no idea exactly how much it costs to build an airplane. No, I'm not kidding -- a friend of mine works in their procurement department. They've been struggling for years to figure out what the total cost of a 747 is. Still don't know.
There may be a bunch of smart people working at Boeing, but that doesn't necessarily make Boeing, as a corporate entity, smart.
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I think he was trying to see how many people would be afraid of a goatse.cx trap.
science is a religion
Cold chips were the companies claim,
Some said of them "they're insane",
The chips got no colder,
the investors got a tolder,
your stocks worthless, oh what a shame.
need something to transport that heat away whether than be a fan or a liquid transport system.
You attach another cool chip to the back, obviously.
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Um, yeah.. I used to work there and um, yeah, and we did some really awesome things.
Um, yeah, this company is for real guys!! Invest now... Um, and I remember setting up this cooling network, it was so efficient, those 80% numbers are actually on the conservative side. And um, let me see. Yeah, we did all sorts of experiments, this techonology works so friggin well I can't even believe it myself. It's real guys. Um, send money if you want to make millions!
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"If one side of this thing gets cooler by removing heat, then the other side gets hotter than the cool side gets cooler. "
The hot side stays hot, the cool side stays cool. Wasn't that the basis for a McDonald's sandwich back in the eighties?
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Hey, no need to use such foul language! Belgium is the most unspeakably rude word in the Galaxy.
Software sucks. Open Source sucks less.
Oh, this is easy. Just follow the following steps.
1) Look at your bank account.
2) Make an airplane.
3) Look at your bank account again. The difference is what it cost to make the airplane.
- Have a picture
If they were truly smart, their logo wouldn't involve a pick ax through a dolphin!
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