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HP Marries Inkjet and Robotic Technology to Cool Chips

Posted by chrisd on from the did-none-of-these-engineers-see-terminator dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Extremetech has an article about how H P has decided to use the spraying tech developed for inkjet printers to cool chips -- and has made a robot that'll wander around data centers, detecting too-hot chips and hosing them down." The article notes that the robot needed about 1 hour of training on the room before it would go about the business of chip cooling. The real advance would be if it achieved sentience and went crazy and became a graffiti taggin' super robot, but I digress.

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  1. the robot will be very affordable. by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 5, Funny

    But the memory chips for it will be insanly outpriced.

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    Je t'aime Stéphanie
  2. Consumables... by armyofone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Robot - $1,500.00
    Coolant Cartridges - $300.00 each

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    "A revolution without dancing is... a revolution not worth having"
    1. Re:Consumables... by krugdm · · Score: 4, Funny

      Of course, the ones you buy it with will be "economy" coolant cartridges and only half full, so you'll have to buy a new one almost right away...

  3. Actually... by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Funny
    Actually, the robot searches for DMCA-covered data in data centers and sprays the chips with sulphuric acid.

    Only kidding.

    Bruce

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    Bruce Perens.
  4. Warchalking by krugdm · · Score: 5, Funny

    The real advance would be if it achieved sentience and went crazy and became a graffiti taggin' super robot

    How about letting it wander around town looking for wireless hookups, and then marking where they are, warchalking style.

    Of course, I just had a vision of this thing dressed up like a dog, going around and "marking" it's territory...

  5. The obvious extension with Sony's tech by yeoua · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well the obvious use for this now is to put this tech into Sony's Aibo.

    Now you got a smart dog wandering around sniffing for heat, and pissing... er I mean spraying on it to put it out.

  6. cooling robot robots? by SCHecklerX · · Score: 4, Funny

    So...are there cooling robots that chase the cooling robots to cool them down when they get too hot? And if so...are there more cooling robots to cool them down? Could be interesting :)

  7. A question. by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny

    if you filled the robot with hot grits, would it automagically find Natalie Portman and spray her down with them?

  8. Third-party Cartridges by bgeer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just heard a report of a strange bug in the new robot: for some reason if it detects a non-HP ink cartridge in the printer, it pulls it out and stomps on it. A patch for this problem is expected in Q3 2009.