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Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As demonstraded by the ActionLab video someone else posted, "bladeless" fans in general are less efficient. The one he tested was not a Dyson and didn't have a HEPA filter.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Defining efficiency by air speed?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

It was also moving more volume of air, not just airspeed. Sure I would have loved to see a fully shrouded experiment, but their experiment did show a regular fan moved air faster over a wider area, which would mean it is also moving a higher volume of air.