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Refrigerators To Cool With Sound (Cool!)

Posted by timothy on from the loud-food dept.

T-Kir writes "A very interesting report from the BBC where researchers at Penn State University are developing a prototype fridge that cools using metal plates and sound waves. If successful, this technology would help remove the dependance on gases that contribute to global warming. Talk about Cool!"

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  1. Also on Scientific American by Tyrnagog · · Score: 5, Informative

    Check out their article here. Unfortunately, no mention of peoples' hair igniting.

  2. Re:But... by Randolpho · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article specifically mentions that the sound intensity necessary can only be generated in a super-compressed gas. The sound wouldn't be audible to you at all. Or to your dog, for that matter. It would only exist inside the compression tube.

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