http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/ Engadget Comments for Researchers teach liquid to flow uphill, hope to cool future CPUs (video) 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/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/
Beat me to it!]]>Mar 16th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/
Aaaah, but can it go uphill both ways?]]>Mar 16th 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Not without shoes.]]>Mar 16th 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 17th 2010 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 17th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/I you look carefuly (granted, it's not very obvious) you see the water doesn't "behave" the same way it does with paper in the same situation.]]>Mar 16th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 17th 2010 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Can you do it with silicon?]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Note: It is a i7 =P]]>Mar 16th 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/cause the water droplet at the tip of the pipet is hanging down...]]>Mar 16th 2010 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Hate those trolls]]>Mar 16th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/
It was a joke, dumbass.]]>Mar 16th 2010 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/
because the water droplet is hanging upside down. LOL]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/
It's all CGI.]]>Mar 16th 2010 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/
I don't know if that makes it easier or harder.]]>Mar 16th 2010 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/see the droplet hanging... can u confirm entire testing environment is kept under 1G? they may have tried this in a box falling from 10,000 ft AGL... ]]>Mar 16th 2010 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/
ok, so someone is wrong on the internet!]]>Mar 17th 2010 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/
This is a cool concept. Water that flows up in a non-absorbent way does provide for good future application.]]>Mar 19th 2010 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Getting water to move and containing the water are two different problems. Surely they could still cover it up even with this material.
-Taylor]]>Mar 16th 2010 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/
yes.]]>Mar 16th 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/
Just take a piece of paper towel and dip it into water... Same thing...]]>Mar 16th 2010 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/
When you dip the end of your Miracle Shammy into a glass of water, water moves against gravity due to capillary action. It will stop when there is equilibrium between the saturation and gravity.

What you see here is water flowing against gravity. Flowing. This means that a constant flow could be maintained, a current of water effectively, taking heat upwards away from the CPU.

What's more, you wouldn't end up with a damp cloth in your neon-clad PC.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/researchers-teach-liquid-to-flow-uphill-hope-to-cool-future-cpu/Mar 16th 2010 4:59PM