Liquid Cooling Pad: keep your laptop cool without electronics

Tuesday, May. 19 2009 | Author: Andy

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.

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7 Responses for "Liquid Cooling Pad: keep your laptop cool without electronics"

Пресата presata.com» Blog Archive » Nexus’s Velvety Laptop Cooler Has No Fans [Cooling]

May 20th, 2009 at 22:03
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[...] Apparently, resting your laptop on Nexus’s cooling pad for 40 minutes will keep your personal computer 14°C cooler than it would if you were to place it on a regular surface. Because it uses no electricity, the pad can be “re-energized” by lifting and shaking it every 20 minutes for the gel to keep cooling your laptop. Supposedly, just ten seconds on this pad will make your laptop significantly cooler too. For £23 ($36), this must be a super magical laptop cooler if it has ten second cooling periods, with no plugs or wires, consisting of gel in a sack that must be shaken every 20 minutes. [Nexus via ForeverGeek] [...]
Nexus’s Velvety Laptop Cooler Has No Fans [Cooling]

May 21st, 2009 at 01:31
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[...] Apparently, resting your laptop on Nexus’s cooling pad for 40 minutes will keep your personal computer 14°C cooler than it would if you were to place it on a regular surface. Because it uses no electricity, the pad can be “re-energized” by lifting and shaking it every 20 minutes for the gel to keep cooling your laptop. Supposedly, just ten seconds on this pad will make your laptop significantly cooler too. For £23 ($36), this must be a super magical laptop cooler if it has ten second cooling periods, with no plugs or wires, consisting of gel in a sack that must be shaken every 20 minutes. [Nexus via ForeverGeek] [...]
Jesse

July 1st, 2009 at 15:20
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where can i find one of these cooling pads they are genius
Official Tech News » Nexus’s Velvety Laptop Cooler Has No Fans [Cooling]

July 2nd, 2009 at 01:11
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[...] Apparently, resting your laptop on Nexus’s cooling pad for 40 minutes will keep your personal computer 14°C cooler than it would if you were to place it on a regular surface. Because it uses no electricity, the pad can be “re-energized” by lifting and shaking it every 20 minutes for the gel to keep cooling your laptop. Supposedly, just ten seconds on this pad will make your laptop significantly cooler too. For £23 ($36), this must be a super magical laptop cooler if it has ten second cooling periods, with no plugs or wires, consisting of gel in a sack that must be shaken every 20 minutes. [Nexus via ForeverGeek] [...]
Loke

August 12th, 2009 at 01:55
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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!?
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November 2nd, 2009 at 16:28
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[...] Lastly, raise the laptop using a stand with vents at the bottom. There are lots of laptop stands available from the local computer stores such as NCIX, London Drugs, etc. I think the laptop pads are overkill, and noisy, but if you want you can get one of those too – a better alternative might be a pad such as this one, which you can throw into your laptop carrying bag: http://www.forevergeek.com/2009/05/liquid_cooling_pad_keep_your_laptop_cool_without_electronics/ [...]
Mike

February 27th, 2010 at 15:13
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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/