The coolest R&D: Cooling chips with laser light
Researchers have created a way to use lasers to cool semiconductor chips.
At the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, researchers combined quantum physics and nano physics to create a new way to cool semiconductor chips, which are the brains of everything electronic. Cooling technology is increasingly important as low-power consumption has become the biggest priority in new chip design, particularly for mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and other portable gadgets.
The researchers created semiconductor … Continue Reading
Laser beam uses graphics chip to identify and zap mosquitoes
Graphics have proven to be very useful in powering video games where you can zap huge numbers of bad guys in a minute. But now they may prove useful in powering lasers that can zap live mosquitoes out of the sky — all in the name of eliminating malaria.
Intellectual Ventures, the research company founded by Nathan Mhyrvold, created a “laser fence” to protect homes from malaria-bearing mosquitoes. It’s a great example of taking technologies … Continue Reading
Life-science briefing: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Graphics have proven to be very useful in powering video games where you can zap huge numbers of bad guys in a minute. But now they may prove useful in powering lasers that can zap live mosquitoes out of the sky — all in the name of eliminating malaria.
Intellectual Ventures, the research company founded by Nathan Mhyrvold, created a “laser fence” to protect homes from malaria-bearing mosquitoes. It’s a great example of taking technologies … Continue Reading
