Company Claims New Chip Converts Heat To Electricity

Dster76 writes to tell us that the startup, Eneco, has invented a solid state energy conversion chip which they claim will be able to convert heat directly into electricity or reach temperatures of -200 C when given an electrical current. While such a device could revolutionize many aspects of computing I'll keep my skeptic hat on for the time being.

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[prurientknave]

it seems the iq of the average slashdotter on technical subjects is plummeting. all we have are a bunch of cliche regurgitating, pseudo political gadget freaks

Re:Energy conversion devices

[I Like Pudding]

That's why you'd need a different design. I'm not a thermal engineer, and I presume you aren't either. But it's not really that unbelieveable that a cooling design could be implemented that would be able to do both at the same time.

He doesn't need to be a thermal engineer; what you're saying is fucking retarded. A thermocouple requires a temperature differential to produce electricity. The greater the differential, the greater the current generated. A heat sink removes temperature differential. The greater the differential removed, the greater the cooling. Are you beginning to see the problem here? You can't arbitrarily combine two diametrically opposed things and expect shit to work. Am I getting through yet? Do I need to break out the crayolas and draw you a fucking map?