http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/ Engadget Comments for New "nanoantenna" material sucks heat from any source to cool devices, generates electricity http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/
Once again, gas power comes from behind and proves that it's still plentiful.]]>Aug 12th 2008 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1329/]]>Aug 12th 2008 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/
Lighten up]]>Aug 12th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/02/infrared-solar-panels-even-work-at-night-but-cant-output-energ/]]>Aug 12th 2008 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/
For nano, basically what you calculate on paper works out pretty closely to that happens in real life. This is the exact opposite for large machinery, which is why equipment that is used to build skyscrapers take years to design and build. Every vibration from just a gust of wind has to be taken into account. Not so for nano. Literally an engineering college student can design a nano process that has a good change of working.

That is why nano tech and MEMS devices can be designed and implemented so quickly.]]>Aug 12th 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/
"easily best solar cells in efficiency and production costs"

Total B.S. So you have a finely tuned antenna for one frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum, abut then have to reject the rest. BTW, more energy is stored at higher frequencies which will require even smaller devices, and will exhibit all sorts of quantum mechanical problems.]]>Aug 12th 2008 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/
new manufacturing processes will BE needed

Grammar and spelling are a journalists best friend ;)]]>Aug 12th 2008 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/> Grammar and spelling are a journalists best friend ;)

...says the genius who can't use proper punctuation while correcting the mistakes of others (apostrophe in "journalist's" and a period at the end of a sentence). Also, no self-respecting journalist would use an emoticon to conclude a statement.

You FAIL!]]>Aug 12th 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/
Phase change (what fridges, freezers, etc,,, use) systems differ in that they use electricty as a catalyst to convert heat energy to more electricty then dump all that energy in the form heat again using a heater outside the unit (hence why your fridge/freezer gets very warm.

The ideas good. But its probably going to be yet another fantastic idea that no one will use.]]>Aug 12th 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/phase change uses electricity to compress a gas into a liquid which releases its heat into a radiator. it then pumps the liquid and decreases its pressure converting it back into a gas, causing the gas to absorb heat. it doesnt convert heat into electricity, it uses electricity to move the heat.]]>Aug 12th 2008 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/
Also, I am not an engineer, but isn't this just a new type of thermocouple? I don't see why they insist on calling it an "antenna."

Lastly, what exactly is nano-scale about this? The illustration you provided is labeled in micro-meters.

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maybe if these antennas could generate strong lower freq harmonics, the energy could be tapped that way? anybody?]]>Aug 12th 2008 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/
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http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/10/patent-for-fartpower.html]]>Aug 12th 2008 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/
This could prove to be more efficient and smaller - allowing your engine to be covered in it as well to reclaim lost heat..

Amazing how all this new technology seems to be coming out just as the time requires it.. Makes you wonder how long these corps were sitting on it for.]]>Aug 12th 2008 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/
Thank you, Exxon-Mobile! Powering tomorrow with the environmental catastrophe of today.]]>Aug 12th 2008 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/Aug 12th 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/new-nanoantenna-material-sucks-heat-from-any-source-to-cool-de/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fuofnZM5eE]]>Aug 25th 2008 1:33PM