Ford Global Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, has been assigned patent No. 8,246,422 for a “hybrid electric vehicle thermal management system.” According to the abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, “The [thermal management] systems [of the vehicle] determine a sunload and set calibrated thresholds and modified … [Read more...]
Wind Tunnel-Cooled Computer May Help Cure Cancer
Blogger Mike Schropp of “Total Geekdom” recently revealed the construction of his new wind tunnel-cooled computer. Designed for grid computing, Schropp’s new computer is part of the IBM’s World Community Grid, which combines a worldwide network of computers into a supercomputer that is working to identify cures for cancer and AIDS and find solutions to other areas of medical … [Read more...]
U.S. LED Lighting Manufacturer Develops Industry’s First Extruded Heat Sink “of its Kind”
A U.S. supplier and manufacturer of LED lighting, LED Waves, has announced that as of December 2012, the company’s LED high bay light will be equipped with “the only extruded heat sink of its kind on the market.” Typically, LED high bay manufacturers create heat sinks using an inexpensive die casting process that “limits the potential surface area of the heat sink to that of … [Read more...]
New Thermal Management “Centers of Excellence” Optimal for Heat Sink Production
Thermal management solutions company Sapa Extrusions North America has created two thermal management “centers of excellence” at the company’s Mountain Top, Pa. and City of Industry, Calif. locations. According to the company, the “center of excellence” designation is a new indicator within Sapa’s thermal management business unit that will provide “dedicated thermal management … [Read more...]
Research Strengthens Knowledge of Electron Cooling Behavior in Graphene
A research team supported by the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science has released the first known direct measurements of hot electrons cooling down in graphene, in an effort to answer questions about the heating and cooling behavior of electrons. The findings are published online in the journal Nature Physics. When electrons travel through graphene, a quantum … [Read more...]
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