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Device uses movement of ions to generate airflow without any moving parts like in iPads and MacBook Air.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I'm more excited about those Frore MEMS airjet chips.

That's actually in at least one consumer product right now.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

That's correct.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I want to put one in a Valve Steamdeck.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nintendo Switch would be more compelling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It would be a good use case; however, you can only do so much with a cut down version of a SOC that was originally made in 2015. It may be work for very little gains.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So my take away from all of this is that this is a laptop that can propel itself around in space. Pretty neat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sadly, there would be no reaction mass.

All that would happen is the lcd panel would boil and crack, and the processor would overheat soon after because nothing is carrying away the heat.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Nah, it can use all the dust and bits of carpet fluff. It's magical stuff carpet fluff, it's always a different color to any color you actually have as a carpet.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't an ionic air moving system like this put out a big ass EM field?

Im a fabricator who don't fuck with the lecky, but maybe someone more educated than me can explain why this doesn't wipe your memory every time the cooling kicks on

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The "fan" sits inside a faraday cage.

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