October 20th, 2007
Magic Idea Cooling Fan Extracts Hot Air From Any Notebook
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
It certainly sounds like magic to me. When my small Sony notebook started over-heating I bought a pad-shaped cooling device that I placed under the unit - not only was pad bigger than my small notebook, it was noisy and certainly killed the point of having a 3.5lb computer. The Magic Idea Laptop USB Cooling Fan does something a little more magical - instead of blowing cool air in, it extracts the hot air and blows it out - claiming to be more more efficient as well as far smaller than current cooling solutions. Best of all, the fan runs at two speed and you can rotate the unit 180 degrees to shoot warm air in multiple directions.
1. World’s first Patened NB Air Extracting Fan. It allows faster extraction of the hot air out of a running system, which stabilizes the operation of the NB and prolongs its lifetime. 2. Universal Clip for fastening USB power interfaces, Compatible for all major NB brands 3. Weighs only 60g. Compared with other bulky NB cooling pads, it is very suitable for storage, and carry.
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We Say: My office is freezing cold year-round. This could be a great way to heat up a cold space and keep your laptop cool. Strange-looking device, but I’m up for anything that frees me from the monstrous cooling solution I have now.
Erik says:
Kind of defeats the purpose of having a laptop if its too hot to actually hold on your lap. But this is a pretty interesting solution.
I’ve got my laptop sitting on a plastic tray with raised ribs to allow air to circulate and the plastic isn’t too large at all.
October 20th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Mike says:
I got one of those colling pads myself and the hot air coming out the back of the laptop is just as hot as before! It does keep my lap cooler, but a laptop rest tray or pillow would do the same.
I might try and get one of these since it seems they might actually work!
Mike
heh, you said blow, heh
I couldnt be ALL serious now could I :p
October 21st, 2007 at 2:39 am
SamIam says:
I’m thinking of getting these, for those chilly winter nights, I can direct the hot air at my balls to keep them warm!
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:09 pm
John says:
Nice pagan/satanic symbol on there!
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:14 am
Geo8rge says:
1) Sucking air out of the PC is a bad idea, as the air has to come in from somewhere, carrying dust. BTW, how does that thing actually work?
2) Drawing power from the PC increases, not decreases heat. I bet the thing adds more heat than it removes.
Suggestions to reduce heat production:
1) Use external usb wifi bluetooth dongles, not internal hardware.
2) Use an external powered USB hub.
3) Get a real fan and direct it at the PC.
4) Prop up the back of the laptop with a book.
5) If possible hang corner of laptop where fan is off edge of table (danger people might bump into it)
6) use task manager to shut down unnecessary apps.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Gord says:
Alice, never mind the snarky comments! Just glad to see you’re still here!
October 26th, 2007 at 11:13 am