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ITT: loads of people who DNRTFA, but are here to make sarcastic jokes about perpetual motion & conservation of energy. All due to that asstastic, clickbait, lyi
by IAmBroom 2y ago
ITT: loads of people who DNRTFA, but are here to make sarcastic jokes about perpetual motion & conservation of energy. All due to that asstastic, clickbait, lying headline.
The article isn't even a lot better. It hints at quantum fluctuations being the source, when in fact the much better-known principle of converting heat energy into electrical energy is at play (AFAICT).
TL;DR: LEDs turn out to be decent TE converters at the picowatt level. This could have applications on chips, but nowhere else seems to need this sub-nano-level kind of heat pump.