Filed in archive Computing & Infotech by Dr. Joseph Kim on August 20, 2008

How cool does that sound? Researcher Steven Novack with the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory led the team that developed this material that could draw away heat and collect energy. That energy could potentially be channeled to produce power as well. Energy that gets dissipated as heat is often waste energy. Think about all the cooling fans that your home computer has. Have you ever experienced a warm notebook computer on your lap? This new nanoantenna skin material is very flexible, so it could be used essentially anywhere. Can't wait to start harvesting some of that wasted heat energy!

Photo Source: U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory

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Response from: Ramsey Frist (09/13/08 3:35pm)

Has anyone pointed out to the Dept. of Energy that this proposed system would violate the second law of thermodynamics? If such a device could work one could use it to transfer energy from one body to another even if both started at the same temperature and were both in an insulated box. This never happens in our universe.