A cool new idea from British scientists: the magnetic fridge »

Posted by: Ousama 1 year, 8 months ago

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Do you like fridge magnets? A new technology being developed by British scientists could put an even bigger one inside your refrigerator. Once Karl Sandeman, a physicist at Cambridge University, has helped resolve the practical issues, the cooling power of the 21st century fridge will come from a 19th century discovery - and it promises to cut ener

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Aidenag
Dec. 14, 2006, 12:45 p.m.
This is awesome, great find. hopefully we all see it in a kitchen near us all soon.
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ekklesiawarrior
Dec. 14, 2006, 2:42 p.m.
This article is COOL!
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Ousama
Dec. 14, 2006, 9:49 p.m.
its an amazing technology and I wonder how much it would cost to get in our homes, and hopefully the appliance mafia wont kill this technology like many other stuff.

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  spectrum
  Dec. 15, 2006, 1:08 a.m.
  An astute observation Ousama. This is a fear that is really present with all new technology. We desperately need this.
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kboy
Dec. 15, 2006, 8:04 a.m.
It is a long journey between the lab and assembly line. I hope that a really practical cooling system comes out of this. The elimination of the IR drop from a starting compressor motor (as DavidHalko pointed out)would allow many alternate electric sources for homes.
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simonsez
Dec. 15, 2006, 10:17 a.m.
I am not a scientist, but I believe there will be many other discoveries related to magnetic fields which will be beneficial.
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ratsarooney
Sept. 3, 2007, 2:43 p.m.
Very interesting - I wonder if the same idea could be used for cooling buildings?