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Thanks for that, it's great that its 10x better than the previous best effort. It's notable that it needs to get 20x better again before it starts to have usefu

Thanks for that, it's great that its 10x better than the previous best effort. It's notable that it needs to get 20x better again before it starts to have useful applications :-).

westurner 2y ago
Someday maybe! Quantum thermal diodes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42537703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42537703 From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38861468 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38861468 : > Laser cooling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_cooling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_cooling > Cooling with LEDs in reverse: https://issuu.com/designinglighting/docs/dec_2022/s/17923182 https://issuu.com/designinglighting/docs/dec_2022/s/17923182 : > "Near-field photonic cooling through control of the chemical potential of photons" (2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-0918-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-0918-8
- ChuckMcM 2y ago
  High hopes, low expectations :-). That said, 'quantum thermal diode' sounds like something that breaks on your space ship and if you don't fix it you won't be able to get the engines online to outrun the aliens. Even after reading the article I think the unit of measure there should be milli-demons in honor of Maxwell's Demon.