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A better title might be "new LED cools its surroundings" or "new LED partially powered by lattice vibrations". It's the cooling effect that's really interestin
by jonmrodriguez 15y ago
A better title might be "new LED cools its surroundings" or "new LED partially powered by lattice vibrations".
It's the cooling effect that's really interesting, not some terminology-abusing claim to >100% efficiency.
- mc32 15y agoYeah, this sounds really good. Unlike incandescent lights which heat up their surroundings via heat dissipation, this one would cool its surroundings via heat absorption and conversion to light.
- disc 15y agoI might go with "new LED converts ambient energy into light" though any of these are better than the link-bait headline Wired has. /grumble-grumble-hardware-engineer