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  • Gucci_Minh [he/him]
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    24 days ago

    Cost vs cooling efficiency isn't there yet. Maybe it gets better after a few more years of research, maybe it hits a dead end like thermoelectric pads, hard to say without insider knowledge.

    • Hexboare [they/them]
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      24 days ago

      I did some more googling, seems like at best it can deliver 6 watts of cooling for each watt... not sure how they'll bridge that gap without something remarkable in material science and manufacturing, the commercialisation in a different sector