Technology

Counterpoint: stop trying to make laptops thinner and implement realistic and functional air cooling

Speaking from experience here, and limited information from the company, this looks like a polished version of a high-voltage grid accelerator.

https://ventiva.com/how-it-works/

What can be an expected concern is that besides ionizing air and imparting motion to neutral air molecules as the ionized ones rush from one plate to the other, that same effect can and will charge dust particles. That "collector plate" will need to be easily accessible.

Sound familiar?

I think Dave2D made a video about those. He was cautiously optimistic.

I see what they did there with the "ICE9" name.

If it works, it sounds like it'd be something meant for a future Steam Deck to experiment with.

Is this the same way those bladeless Dyson fans work?

Sadly, this won't go anywhere now for the same reason it didn't go anywhere for the 10 times it has been proposed before. It looks great on first look but longevity is amazingly low and likely will require purchasing of catalyst less than a year after first use. I'm sure investors loved that part of the pitch but compared to current fan tech, with good static pressure, there's no way someone with half a brain would chuck this in their laptop. And that's before considering the rest of the downsides.

Ionic acceleration of air needs high voltages and the air gets ionized (the reason people recommend against vacuuming a PC). I'm surprised that it works at all in close proximity to sensible tech.

Edit: right, low static pressure, meaning: lower voltages. But still not low.