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MSI Develops a Heat-Driven Cooler

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-not-easy-being-green dept.

V!NCENT tips us to a write-up about an addition to MSI's Ecolution motherboard which harvests heat from the chipset to power a fan. The device is based on a Stirling engine. The heat from the chipset expands a trapped gas, which pushes against a piston to generate power. The article contains a YouTube video of how the device works. According to MSI, the device has 70% efficiency.

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  1. mechanical dong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thank God I clicked the wikipedo article. I didn't learn a damn thing about what a sterling engine is or how it works, but I was treated to a picture of a "Rhombic Drive Beta" or whatever. Just looked like a huge mechanical dong to me

  2. tro77 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    everydaY...Redefine