We are still waiting for CES to find out who the partners are.

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

      • mightyfoolish@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        It would be a good use case; however, you can only do so much with a cut down version of a SOC that was originally made in 2015. It may be work for very little gains.

  • LordGimp@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    Doesn’t an ionic air moving system like this put out a big ass EM field?

    Im a fabricator who don’t fuck with the lecky, but maybe someone more educated than me can explain why this doesn’t wipe your memory every time the cooling kicks on

  • RubberElectrons@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    4 days ago

    Speaking from experience here, and limited information from the company, this looks like a polished version of a high-voltage grid accelerator.

    https://ventiva.com/how-it-works/

    What can be an expected concern is that besides ionizing air and imparting motion to neutral air molecules as the ionized ones rush from one plate to the other, that same effect can and will charge dust particles. That “collector plate” will need to be easily accessible.

    Sound familiar?

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
    28·
    4 days ago

    Ionic acceleration of air needs high voltages and the air gets ionized (the reason people recommend against vacuuming a PC). I’m surprised that it works at all in close proximity to sensible tech.

    Edit: right, low static pressure, meaning: lower voltages. But still not low.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    So my take away from all of this is that this is a laptop that can propel itself around in space. Pretty neat.

    • Zron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      Sadly, there would be no reaction mass.

      All that would happen is the lcd panel would boil and crack, and the processor would overheat soon after because nothing is carrying away the heat.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        Nah, it can use all the dust and bits of carpet fluff. It’s magical stuff carpet fluff, it’s always a different color to any color you actually have as a carpet.

  • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    41·
    4 days ago

    I see what they did there with the “ICE9” name.

    If it works, it sounds like it’d be something meant for a future Steam Deck to experiment with.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    212·
    4 days ago

    I have a house filter that functions on the same principal… Lol!

    Hey! Are you crazy!!! You’re wearing pants while using your new iPad? Those pants club iPads in mere seconds! Try new silicone pants! Silicone pants are as clean as polystyrene without the downsides of other clean fabrics such as glass fabric! Get them at Walmart! Or get a new IPad Thin! It comes with a clean set including underwear, hair removal creme, pants, T-shirt and panties and bra for women. You can get a discount if you don’t want the unisex version. The I-condom comes included with Bluetooth.

  • Viri4thus@feddit.orgEnglish
    56·
    4 days ago

    Sadly, this won’t go anywhere now for the same reason it didn’t go anywhere for the 10 times it has been proposed before. It looks great on first look but longevity is amazingly low and likely will require purchasing of catalyst less than a year after first use. I’m sure investors loved that part of the pitch but compared to current fan tech, with good static pressure, there’s no way someone with half a brain would chuck this in their laptop. And that’s before considering the rest of the downsides.