Posted on 06/19/2006 10:04:59 AM PDT by PeaceBeWithYou
LONDON — Nanofreeze Technologies Lund AB, a startup company that claims to have developed cooling technology that is 10 to 15 times more efficient than Peltier coolers, has won 300.000 Swedish krone (about $40,000) in a competition organized by Vinnova in conjunction with Energimyndigheten.
"In 5 years you will own a refrigerator cooled by Nanofreeze," the company asserted at its Website although the company expects to start with less demanding applications such as mobile phones.Nanofreeze (Lund, Sweden) was founded in September 2005 to develop research in the field of thermoelectrics originally performed at Lund University. The Vinnova competition is a way for the Swedish government to promote startup companies, Nanofreeze said.
Nanofreeze's technology consists of different semiconductor materials built using nanotechnology. The company claimed it has advantages over other technologies because it is small, environmentally friendly and its direction can be switched instantly from cooling to heating. The cool chip technology is being aimed at compact and portable applications initially such as computers, cell phones and lasers, although the company said that ultimately the technology could replace compressor-based heat exchangers in refrigerators.
The company continues to work with Lund University, as well as with overseas research groups. The company did not provide details of its research partnerships.
Enjoy.
Odds are beer coolers within a year ~ first just 6 pack size.
Cool!
Hope they work backwards, put heat in get current out, like a Peltier junction.......
Dang! That'd be pretty cool. You could cook your food without having to take it out of th fridge first.
It's all flying cars to me.
If something is not sold this very moment at retail stores, then it should be treated as though it doesn't exist.
That's a good plan. These types of articles usually leave out the negatives that could be a problem in the market place.
Lost your shirt investing in typewriter companys in the early '80s?
"If something is not sold this very moment at retail stores, then it should be treated as though it doesn't exist."
Excellent advice, however I do take an interest in such technology, as I am hoping to be able to go completely "off-grid" in approximately 10 years when I retire. My goal is to vanish entirely from all databases, except for my pension and of course the Infernal Revenue "Service". A solar powered house could really use such energy efficient appliances.
I would love to do that now if I could, but it ocurred to me that there is hardly a place left on the globe where one can escape to live wild and free. Every inch seems to be claimed where some government says you must obey laws and be taxed accordingly.
Perhaps antarctica is still free, though even there is subjected to treaties and "international law".
But what about the people who make freon? Won't they be put out of work? (Just a play on the complaint about changing the tax system, or anything else, being harmful.)
Been to McKing's house. The wallpaper all says "Underwood".
Wonder if they can make smaller combo heater-A/C units.
I'm old enough to remember wanting a 'printer' that consisted of a bunch of selenoids to be positioned over a typewriter keyboard.
I bet I could e-bay it for a few bucks if I still had one.
I bet I could e-bay it for a few bucks if I still had one.
There'd be a bidding war between 60 Minutes and the DNC - the next time they forge something, they want it to look better.
The typewriter adapter that I had was for a Selectric and the solenoids mounted under the keyboard so that I could still use the typewriter either by itself or as a computer printer.
"hope they work backwards.."
That is a possibility. See the Seebeck Effect, discovered originally in 1821:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltier_effect
I had a Selectric with a paper tape punch/reader. It had the solenoids built in. I made an interface that converted ASCII to whatever that code was. I wish I had kept it for sentimental value. It was slow but cool.
"The typewriter adapter that I had was for a Selectric and the solenoids mounted under the keyboard so that I could still use the typewriter either by itself or as a computer printer."
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