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Sandia's Laptop Heatpipes Closer To Market

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 18, 2003 @02:13PM from the add-a-switch-for-cold-days dept.

mckennabluedot.com writes "Laptops aren't truly portable until you can stand to sit with one on your lap for more than 30 minutes. Sandia National Labs has developed small copper 'wicks' to transport methanol--and waste heat--from one area of a computer to another, where it can be dispersed more efficiently, comfortably and compactly than with heat sinks. The technology is being licensed to an undisclosed startup." So this stuff (mentioned here previously) might soon make it to a lap near you.

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Re:Flammable liquid in my lap? by bugnuts · 2003-03-18 14:29 · Score: 5, Funny

The amount of "flammable liquid" probably is under a few ml.

Hope you're not driving home in a gasoline-burning vehicle. Reminds me of Archie Bunker, when presented with a meal of tongue exclaims, "I'm not eating anything that came out of a cow's mouth. Gimme some eggs."