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Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling

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Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling

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This article uses the term AI 5 times to talk about basic microcontroller sensor readings.

So I'm not defending the use of the term AI in this context, however in this case it's part of the product name (for the most part, there's only a few other references). Does the product use anything that would be regarded as properly AI? No idea, but marketing definitely is going to want you to use the Full Product Name(TM) whenever possible.

Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling

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This article uses the term AI 5 times to talk about basic microcontroller sensor readings.

My process control theory textbook has a chapter on neural networks and a lot of the language in control theory has an AI like tinge to it. I think this AI language is native to control theory so it might not be as overblown as it first sounds.

Huh, control theorists always try to rigorously prove the stability and performance of their algorithms. AI seems to be the opposite of that: just let the black box solve it and don't worry about any problems, we'll just add more training data if they happen!

Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling

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Did they solve the inefficiency problem of peltiers?

They claim 75% better. I doubt this is better than compressors in general but they seem to be going for a niche where a high power compressor does the high load part but when only a litte cooling is needed the compressor is now very inefficient and so the peltier is better. Normal fridges just let the temperature have a wider swing which is good enough for most needs.

What exactly does "75% better" mean? 75% more cooling per watt? 75% less distance from theoretical ideal?

Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling

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Independently scale and deploy fridges at edge. Fridge@Edge ™

Edge devices are problematic. I want to outsource the risk and decrease capex (and just hope opex works out). CloudFridge.

Cloud involves losing sovereignty of data. And rabbits.

Local Automated Refrigeration Devices Eat Rabbits.

LARDER.

Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling

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I always thought my software PID controller with 512kb main memory is quite smart. Pure AI in my opinion.

That's quite a lot of memory for a little PID controller, isn't it? But I guess these days, they already only cost pennies, so you wouldn't save much from going for even less memory?

It is a serious PID controller using an intelligent AI ringbuffer. But yeah, 512kb was probably vastly exaggerated... 512 bytes is probably enough :)

Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Independently scale and deploy fridges at edge. Fridge@Edge ™

Edge devices are problematic. I want to outsource the risk and decrease capex (and just hope opex works out). CloudFridge.

We're going to need decrease load and off-shift the munchies so the fridge doesnt crash. Can we use a CDN?

Comestible distribution network.

Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling

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Oh nifty. These can also be used to generate electricity from body heat. Or presumably any waste heat.

Only if you have a cold environment into which to dump that heat into. You could maybe trickle charge your phone in the winter, if you don't mind a cold spot where the device sits on your body.

Assuming body is 38 degrees C, and ambient is 20 C, Delta T is 18 C, which "works" to whatever extent.

Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling

#239

AI hi guys, pretty great AI article about this AI Peltier AI cooling AI tech. Really looking AI forward for another AI Samsung new AI devices. Best regards, AI Ps.: AI

It's "if" statements.

Maybe a "switch" for when things get advanced.

It's that kind of AI.

Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling

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Nah the new buzz was the Web 3, Web 2.0 is sooo 2010

Web 3 was blockchain nonsense "everywhere" and the buzz has died because the only people who want blockchains are speculators, money launderers, and niche boring users like nightly settlement of inter-bank accounts.

You still see them in the numeric art field along with NFT.
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