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Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 1 day ago by avieshek@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Device uses movement of ions to generate airflow without any moving parts like in iPads and MacBook Air.

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[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's no rule against using active cooling for tablets and phones, only practicality. This technology seems like it might be practical enough to use in compact devices such as those, but we'll see if that's true.

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I’d be surprised if they can keep phones with this waterproof and dust proof. Laptops I can see, phones not so much.

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago

Yeah I can only see this being used as an external phone cooler or maybe for niche ‘gaming phones’ that would otherwise have a fan