It’s OK, I think I can guess what you’re thinking, because laptop cooling products are hardly the most exciting gadgets ever invented. Even that picture is boring…
Exciting: maybe not. Essential: definitely.
Enter the TDD-9000 liquid cooling pad from Nexus Technology. It’s a soft velvet blanket filled with a patented gel-like liquid that has been designed to dissipate heat passively and noiselessly.
The company’s CEO, Michael van der Jagt, says that your lap will turn colder within ten seconds of putting the pad on to it. That’s the same effect it’ll have on your overheating notebook PC.
Independent tests found that a laptop rested on a regular surface reached 50?C after 40 minutes, whereas when placed on the cooling pad it reached just 36?C.
The cooling pad can be boosted by lifting it and shaking it every 20 minutes.
It’s arriving in the UK from mid-June, priced £23. Not only is that a pretty decent price but this solution doesn’t require any power from your laptop like many other products do. That means more battery life and performance for your laptop, too.
where can i find one of these cooling pads they are genius
The fact that redistribution of heat to gel will cause the heat to reduce is the only factor I see in this equation. Even if you pack water in a conductive bag made of aluminum, it will work, in fact faster and better, because aluminum is an amazing conductor and water can take a lot of heat. Where is the genius here? And shake it every twenty minutes, … can you imagine having to lift your laptop every twenty minutes? I think the laptop would lose 14 degree celsius if shaken in air every twenty minutes while in use…whaddya say!?
I use Laptop Smart Feet to raise my laptop and increase ventilation. I like them because I can take them on and off easily. Found them at http://newpcgadgets.com/
icepacks on a flatsurface…and no it won’t damage anything. I have done it for two years while using my mid grade hp laptop for heavy gaming and 3d modeling/mapping. According to speed fan it reduces internal temps by at least 30 degrees. Sounds silly but if you can’t afford a better gaming machine like me and are slowly melting your video card to death give this a try!