> Could be interesting idea... to connect the computer to the outside air via > hose/tunnels.
I once worked at a place where a power supply for a video camera on a microscope was designed inefficienctly enough that it needed air pumped in like this: Sticking fans on it degraded the images severely due to vibrations coupled to all the optics and their housing.
I eventually found the time to design my own switching power supply and get rid of the air pump. This was for a $600,000 piece of capital equipment for the semiconductor industry, and I was amazed that no one has previously called us on such a poor design. ("You guys can't even design a 35W power supply properly, why should we believe that your optics or image processing or motion control actually works?")
|> |> I once worked at a place where a power supply for a video camera on a |> microscope was designed inefficienctly enough that it needed air pumped in |> like this: Sticking fans on it degraded the images severely due to vibrations |> coupled to all the optics and their housing. |> |> I eventually found the time to design my own switching power supply and get |> rid of the air pump. This was for a $600,000 piece of capital equipment for |> the semiconductor industry, and I was amazed that no one has previously called |> us on such a poor design. ("You guys can't even design a 35W power supply |> properly, why should we believe that your optics or image processing or motion |> control actually works?")
Yeah. I was in the position of managing various multi-million dollar supercomputers, and made very rude remarks about the quality of their real-time clocks. They were anything from 5 to 50 times worse than my 10 dollar wristwatch.
On Jul 3, 1:33 pm, "Skybuck Flying" <BloodySh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Could be interesting idea... to connect the computer to the outside air via > hose/tunnels.
> Except maybe in summer ;)
> But in winter it would supply the pc with cold outside air instead of room > temperature ;)
> Bye, > Skybuck.
> -- > "Milord, methinks that thou art a lowly quitter. Is this true?"
I agree about condensation... this idea seems quite impractical as better solutions exist. Though thinking about obscure ways to cool chips does remind me of this paper... which I actually thought was interesting.
On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:42:11 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:33:05 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"... wrote:
>>Could be interesting idea... to connect the computer to the outside air >>via hose/tunnels.
>>Except maybe in summer ;)
>>But in winter it would supply the pc with cold outside air instead of >>room temperature ;) ... > Quick, patent the idea of opening a window to cool off a computer.
There's a 1992 patent on bringing cold outside air into a walk-in cooler: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5144816.html It has links to related 1970's and 80's patents. Personally, I doubt that this has ever actually been a new and patentable idea.
On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:45:56 -0700, Neal wrote: > On Jul 3, 1:33 pm, "Skybuck Flying" <BloodySh...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> Could be interesting idea... to connect the computer to the outside air >> via hose/tunnels.
>> Except maybe in summer ;)
>> But in winter it would supply the pc with cold outside air instead of >> room temperature ;)
>> Bye, >> Skybuck.
>> -- >> "Milord, methinks that thou art a lowly quitter. Is this true?"
> I agree about condensation... this idea seems quite impractical as > better solutions exist. Though thinking about obscure ways to cool chips > does remind me of this paper... which I actually thought was > interesting.
> Which was co-authored by Anant Agarwal in ASPLOS Wild and crazy ideas > from this past year.
> Neal
Yes, condensation would be a big problem *UNLESS* it is catered for. Sykfuck's tube should be routed through a condensor stage which collects the water into a container with a small faucet. The computer user when thirsty no longer has to walk to the kitchen get some water, he only has to turn the faucet on his condensation tank.
Consumer resistence to this system could easily be overcome by judicious use of blinking blue LEDs and a built in ringtone dispenser.
