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Video: RSD5 Solid State Fan In Action

QuincyBabarong — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:03:36 EDT

To all complaining about Ozone, ozone (O3) is highly reactive, it wants to become standard Oxygen (O2) and will react instantly to become O2, which is normal oxygen. The only thing to really worry about is it may cause excess rusting.

QuincyBabarong

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OldCrow — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:42:24 EDT

If can make a ultra thin, non moving fan why can't they fix the damn audio in their video?

OldCrow

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Elliott — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:09:22 EDT

@bestpersonintheunivers: That's what I was thinking hahah

Elliott

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hanswurst0815 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:01:01 EDT

@GoatMonkey: People with great ideas usually are.

hanswurst0815

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strider_mt2k — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:22:57 EDT

@ideaman2020: Seriously.

What about that blue one?

strider_mt2k

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Darkest Daze — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:49:02 EDT

Just what I need, more hazardous, Ozone creating crap. I can't wait to get migraines just by using my PDA too much.

Darkest Daze

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PlasmaMachine — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:09:35 EDT

Shoooot and get rid of this??

No thanks!

PlasmaMachine

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banmojo — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:01:00 EDT

so, if they figure out how to keep the static electricity down to a minimum, and develop a solid state ozone filter, this may be in some Zalman case in 2010. Cool.

banmojo

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kir — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:59:46 EDT

This thing really blows! (somebody had to say it)

kir

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pcdsim — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:58:47 EDT

Will further development result in hoverboards? Well, I can dream can't I?

pcdsim

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senorbelly — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:35:30 EDT

Does this mean we can have super-thin window fans?
Super-thin window air conditioning units?
Hats with built-in cooling?
Relief for Disneyworld mascots during summer?

senorbelly

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Xenobiologista — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:44:11 EDT

@dantaylor08 and squeakytoy: Ozone up in the stratosphere = good, ozone down here where people can inhale it = bad. It's pretty damn poisonous - strong oxidizer (3 oxygen atoms in an unstable configuration).

Xenobiologista

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ideaman2020 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:39:23 EDT

Isn't RSD5 the one with the bad motivator?

ideaman2020

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keehun — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:36:50 EDT

@TheSonOfKrypton: I can also spot a lot of icons in the doc and it seems to be Tiger (or lower) because the dock is white. Just generalizing here. And a lot of apps open too.

And I really think this is a breakthrough and I want this! No more loud fan noises in desktops.

keehun

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sillycracker6288 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:30:33 EDT

Well from the experiences I have had with the ion fans, they generate alot of static in the air, not good for computers, with several models of these fans and air purifiers the results are lots of little shocks I moved them all way out of my computer areas

sillycracker6288

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ViperBorg — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:13:42 EDT

Frickin' sweet. I want one!

ViperBorg

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strider_mt2k — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:49:46 EDT

I wonder if they could be combined with arrays of Peltier Junctions (albeit they are current hungry bastards) to form solid-state heating/cooling solutions for say, smaller automated platforms where equipment (but not necessarily people) would require temperature regulation.
Or maybe as part of some kind of a heat exchange system where ozone contaminated air could be kept in some kind of a closed system or at least a system where any nasty stuff could be "handled".

What?

strider_mt2k

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ThatsMrOffDutyNinja — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:47:52 EDT

@TheSonOfKrypton: I can't believable, this guy. Has nothing to do with the post. Great post, i love seeing new hardware like this to help propel us just that much further in technology great stuff guys.

ThatsMrOffDutyNinja

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bvicarious — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:56:22 EDT

Ozone decomposes rubber. I have rubber grommets throughout my case. The reduction in fan noise would be made up in hard drive vibration.

bvicarious

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incipient — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:46:39 EDT

You just know someone is going to make a headband out of these things. Geeky runners rejoyce!

incipient

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ackthbbft — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:27:29 EDT

@TerryinSt.Paul: The Ionic Breeze used very little power (10W), it was part of their big selling point, as useless as they ended up being.

ackthbbft

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jkr — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:03:54 EDT

@Adrian Covert: well if the chip manufacturer is intel, then this company would be left out in the cold (which is what I meant). As in building it into the cpu. ANyways, guys, asfar as dust, would a periodic polarity change, repel the collected dust? I know those air purifiers don't do that, because they want to collect the dust.

jkr

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heroineworshipper — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:57:12 EDT

We R Dan Schlitz and Vishal Singhal's oysters. When does the jet engine version come out?

heroineworshipper

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Adrian Covert — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:39:39 EDT

@jkr: building it into chips is the ultimate goal of the company. also, the fan is said to consume very little power.

Adrian Covert

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hired_geek — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:17:09 EDT

@TheSonOfKrypton: it looks more like a white macbook because of the fairly thick screen bezel. also WORST. HAIRCUT. EVER.

hired_geek

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dezeinstein — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:11:43 EDT

I think he used it to blow-dry his hair.
Very cool, though - is it a publicly traded company?

dezeinstein

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anarchy7 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:02:26 EDT

Seinfeld anyone?

anarchy7

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PopsG — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:57:32 EDT

These devices require far less energy when compared to their mechanical fan counter-parts.

PopsG

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fallenturtle — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:55:22 EDT

I need some of these in my xbox 360, stat!

fallenturtle

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Seiven — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:43:17 EDT

damn I wish they were publicly traded...I looked for a stock symbol to no avail. time to invest

Seiven

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sqeakytoy of the apocalypse — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:41:38 EDT

@dantaylor08: Here's an idea... lets get a few hundred thousand of these, and set up to run on solar power out inthe middle of the Sahara, or some desolate spot of ocean, andlet them try to blast a little ozone to fill in all thelittle holes. Green ozone repair? Pure air ftw?

sqeakytoy of the apocalypse

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wizzledizzle — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:32:13 EDT

Sweet. I bet when consumers can first buy these, or at least dissemble their new laptop, that someone will mod this thing into a fan watch.

wizzledizzle

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kir — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:31:25 EDT

How am I supposed to sleep at night without the hum of CPU fans? I just seems pointless to buy another fan just for noise purposes.

kir

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MrThunderfield — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:12:48 EDT

lol, he said "CPU's and processors"...

If they iron out those ozone concerns people have, this is really fantastic. How much do y'all reckon it'll cost once released?

MrThunderfield

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2001gsr — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:08:09 EDT

Piezo cooling is nothing new but that is for sure more air than I thought would be moved. It doesnt move any more air than a fan though- only if you ASSUME its more reliable does it have an advantage over a fan. I will say right off the bat it is going to consume more power and will generate more heat coming from power supply. You may end up with hotter internals than using a fan and be forced to use a brick to decipate extra heat.

2001gsr

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jkr — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:57:58 EDT

I wonder is chip manufacturers would start designing this tech right into the chip. Of course there is the energy consumption concern which hasn't been discussed in the article, as pointed out above.

jkr

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deadatbirth440 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:40:14 EDT

is helmet hair a side effect of this fan? and i guess its similar to the sharper image ion air cleaner

deadatbirth440

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Dillenger69 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:35:49 EDT

No ozone concerns?
I really wouldn't want a room filled with these.

I can never be around any of those "Ionic Breeze" machine because they give me headaches.

also ... what happens when joe user's computer fills up with dust? I try to be good about it but even my machines usually have enough dust in them to gunk up that thing and ground out the corona wires. I'd hate to see what happens when these things short out.

Dillenger69

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Johnny Chimpo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:25:46 EDT

@TerryinSt.Paul: I was wondering the same thing. He addressed cost (about the same as conventional fans) but didn't mention how much juice it sucks up.

Johnny Chimpo

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Johnny Chimpo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:24:28 EDT

@kahri: HAHA!!

Johnny Chimpo

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TerryinSt.Paul — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:24:22 EDT

It looks promising for laptops but how much power does it consume? IIRC, those Ionic Breeze things used alot of power.

TerryinSt.Paul

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ParJoe — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:21:55 EDT

This sounds superb. I'll wait for the first few versions to explode and then I'll adopt.

ParJoe

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sqeakytoy of the apocalypse — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:19:17 EDT

@GoatMonkey: Your just jealous of his hair

sqeakytoy of the apocalypse

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dantaylor08 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:14:49 EDT

good - maybe the ozone it produces wil counter CFC's...

dantaylor08

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kahri — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:13:39 EDT

Can I sew a couple of those to the seat of my pants. I like tacos.

kahri

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TheCapt — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:12:53 EDT

What no seems to mention is that this should be able to be in a custom form factor and not be confined to just a square device over some other device, but maybe one long rectangle on the side where the air is brought in already. Possibly able to be made into other shapes with only the path being the limiting factor.

TheCapt

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olafson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:08:40 EDT

Same thing.

olafson

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PopsG — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:06:29 EDT

Anyone else hear the high pitched ringing with the audio in that video?

So if this works like those ionic breeze air purifiers, then what about all the concerns that people have expressed about them? Such as they produce ozone that is bad for health. I know all electronics produce ozone, but I thought these types produce the most.

PopsG

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SigmundTheSeaMonster — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:04:48 EDT

Doesn't this create ozone?

SigmundTheSeaMonster

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Way — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:03:45 EDT

Warning, volume spike at 1:06.

Way

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Out2gtcha — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:03:44 EDT

Nice. (Except for the MPP in the background. HA! J/K.....but not really)

This seems like an Idea that could open up whole new avenues in lap top and desk top design alike. Manufacturers could actually push the current limits without capping or limiting their own designs because of cooling/space limitations. I was truly amazed and the overall amount of air being pushed out of design with no moving parts. Very Sharper Image-esk. Oh Ionic breeze, how we miss you.

Out2gtcha

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bestpersonintheunivers — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:57:59 EDT

This video looks like it was filmed the same way as all of the 80s educational videos.

bestpersonintheunivers

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GoatMonkey — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:50:13 EDT

That guy is kind of a dork.

GoatMonkey

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AnnihilaT — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:48:53 EDT

Very cool! That thing really does move alot of air...

AnnihilaT

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TheSonOfKrypton — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:47:10 EDT

MacBook Pro in the background FTW!

TheSonOfKrypton