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Hardware
Little Ionic Winds Stop Laptops From Burning Body Parts
12:00PM Andi Wang | We first heard about ionic winds cooling down computers by 250% in 2007. Two years later, Tessera—a chip-packing company—has modified the technology so that it would fit into a working laptop. More »
Science
University Logo Tattoo on Human Hair: a Micro-Scale Rebellion?
2:29AM Gizmodo US Edition | What do you do if you have a focus ion beam microscope normally used to make nano-devices, a scanning electron microscope and some spare time? Well, you etch your university logo onto a human hair, of course! At least, if you’re the Engineering Dept at McMaster University you do. It’s not the smallest logo ever— that’s an IBM one with 35 xenon atoms, I believe. But it’s possibly the ickiest, and it’s certainly high resolution. Impressive. We’ve only got one quibble: the uni logo, guys? I’m sure Giz readers would be more imaginative. More »
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Detergentless Haier Washing Machine Uses Ions to Clean Skid Marks
5:10AM Seamus Byrne | Instead of using detergent, this Haier WasH2O uses ions to get rid of brown and yellow stains in your clothes. The WasH2O breaks up water into OH- and H+ ions, where the OH- “attracts” stains and the H+ ions “sterilize” the clothes. We don’t know anything about chemistry, but that sounds like black magic to us. Will this be a world-changing innovative product, or will this be like the Segway? [Wash2O via Oh Gizmo via Freshome] More »
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