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trust me i've seen it in a cartoon.]]>Jul 24th 2008 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 25th 2008 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 25th 2008 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/ well de rank me]]>Jul 24th 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 25th 2008 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 25th 2008 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 28th 2008 4:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/
Boiler Up!

http://torrentfreak.com/purdue-university-launches-p2p-network-to-bypass-riaa-080415/

http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/riaa-lists-top-25-universities-handing-out-piracy-notices/]]>Jul 24th 2008 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/
BOILER UP!!!!


BTFU]]>Jul 24th 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 25th 2008 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/
http://www.overclockers.com/articles1233/

But... well, A/C needs a place for water to go (right?) so this may be the superior solution.]]>Jul 24th 2008 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/
http://www.children.org/
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Look, I said "obviously" two times in one comment before.

Gross.]]>Jul 25th 2008 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/
Actually, continually improving processors do that and they don't introduce unnecessary cost and complication.]]>Jul 24th 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/
It won't create condensation in the critical areas because, unlike a refrigerator, the purpose of this device is not to cool things down to below room temperature (that's when condensation occurs) but to prevent the processor and other components from rising significantly above its ideal working temperature, which is a good couple of degrees above room temperature.


The idea is to keep the processor "cool" as in, say 45 degrees Celsius, and not to keep it cold.
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The article goes on to say that 'The best that all other cooling methods can achieve is to cool the chip down to ambient temperature'. Though you have to solve condensation issues, I can't imagine that statement being remotely true.]]>Jul 25th 2008 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/
On topic: this type cooling has been around for over 100 years and its predecessor has been around since the 1860s... and it's CARNOT efficiency is about 13-18%... not the best but as the article says it beats air cooled radiant type of heat dissipation.

There are other methods that are "in chip" - cool to about 1 degree C above absolute and convert the thermal gain to electricity but that's a whole nuther topic! ]]>Jul 24th 2008 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 24th 2008 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Some day Engadget will do a story on the amazing Purdue underwater robot (just started being made - I'm on the team)]]>Jul 24th 2008 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/Jul 25th 2008 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/
but hey, that's what millions of research dollars are for, right?]]>Jul 24th 2008 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/24/purdue-researchers-want-tiny-refrigerators-cooling-your-pc/
Or make it more efficient at losing heat to the environment, by having a larger or hotter area on the outer surface. ]]>Jul 25th 2008 6:29AM