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Nanoantenna Skin to provide next-gen PC cooling
SlashGear —
... These flexible cells contain nanoantennas that can absorb energy from light–but not just from the sun. Rather, the idea is you could place a cell phone, let’s say, coated in the material on your desk for a few minutes to soak up light and you’d have a recharged device on your hands.
This new material could also work to cool computers in the future by means of pulling heat away from the device without expending additional energy.
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Nanoantenna Skin is Like a Solar Panel, But 90% Efficient [Solar Panels]
Gizmodo —
... frequencies. Essentially, they are but miniature heatsinks that are very, very good at capturing the heat from light (or a variety of other heat-producing sources). The only catch is that while the coils are excellent at trapping energy, we haven't figured out just how to translate that energy to a viable AC current (a process which will require other new materials). So until that day comes, we're still left buying our solar panels from IKEA. [eureka alert via DailyTech]
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