Intel Develops Tech for ''Pillow Proof'' Laptops

[rubix_1011]

We have Lenovo T410's at work and they are exclusively side and rear intake/exhaust laptops. Almost every other design i've seen has some kind of fan or vent on the bottom, but these don't. They stay remarkably cool with a quad i5 in them.

 

[will_chellam]

i reckon he future is a flexible heatpipe to behind the monitor - nice big surface area....

 

[awood28211]

I have never understood why air intake and output has been a bottom/side flow. Pulling from the top always seemed to make too much sense I guess.

 

[coldmast]

Fans underneath the keyboard would be an epic fail, as soon as you spill a little bit of a drink that is. It should be enough to build a sensor of sorts that forces an underclocking and max (noisy) fans for the people dumb enough to rest there laptop on an insulating surface. Buy a breakfast tray = problem solved.

 

[radiumburn]

Intel's side of it will be more like a auto underclock when a specialized fan senses lack of airflow tells the cpu to take it down a notch..

I would rather see a warning auto pop up saying lift up the laptop you tool!

 

[mindless728]

honestly you know what works for me, a Burger King tray, i put that on my lap with the laptop on top of it

 

[tipoo]

Just make laptops without bottom sucker type fans?

 

[eddieroolz]

Just saw several photos of a pretty IdeaPad melted beyond recognition because of pillows. This, if true, would be great.

 

[ctbaars]

[citation][nom]Zingam[/nom]Is there a tech that will remove your laptop from your lap safely when you fall asleep? That's what interests me![/citation]
your mamma ... or honeybun

 

[Guest]

have a motherboard with the CPU mount on the underside (top facing for laptops) or a two part motherboard with the CPU mount in the laptop lid

 

[magruder13]

I know how they do it. When you put your notebook on your pillow, they supply an old issue of maximum PC to put under your computer so it holds it up enough for air to get access to them vents on the bottom.....O wait that's what I do...

 

[kelemvor4]

[citation][nom]will_chellam[/nom]i reckon he future is a flexible heatpipe to behind the monitor - nice big surface area....[/citation]
I was thinking just some ducting going through the screen part. One vent on the back of the screen for intake angled one direction. another on the other side of the back of the screen angled the opposite direction. radiator device in between in the main pc that transfers heat to the air, along with a fan to move it through the duct work. Seems like that might be easier to implement than devising a flexible heatpipe solution; and as long as the conduits were very wide, they could be kept thin and still provide necessary airflow without increasing the necessary thickness of the screen.

 

[jevon]

Yeah I just use an old atlas I had on my bookshelf from highschool. Solves the intake/outtake problems pretty much perfectly. Someone else said fast food trays, that's another good idea. And probably cheaper and less hassle-free than whatever Intel is going to try and sell/implement!

 

[BulkZerker]

Intels solution is likely a superlow miltiplier to keep the temps low.

Asus has a solution, though said solution is on the hardware side and only on their rog laptops. Large front intakes, and exhausts out the back fom a duct tha protrudes about an inch and a half. It ingenios and keeps temps below 60 for the cpu and 70 for a 5870 gpu

 

[orionantares]

TV dinner tray super glued to a pillow. Problem solved 10 years ago. And it gives you a place to use a mouse instead of having to use the touchpad for very long. *shudder*

 

[iamtheking123]

[citation][nom]husker[/nom]Well, there is only possibility and that is the heat has to be dissipated out the top of the laptop, rather than the traditional ways of blowing air out the back, sides, or bottom. There ya go mystery solved and I'm not even an engineer.[/citation]

Agreed, if I had to guess I'd say they probably did something like create "alternate" top vents that take over when the main ones get blocked. It's not exactly a new technology but if it works then sweet.

 

[beayn]

[citation][nom]mindless728[/nom]honestly you know what works for me, a Burger King tray, i put that on my lap with the laptop on top of it[/citation]

You need to call it the iTray and it will be revolutionary.

 

[danwat1234]

Probably when it detects that it is on a pillow, it simply turns on a secondary fan or switches a duct motor that sucks air in from the top of the laptop....

 

[mr_tuel]

Or they could copy Apple and not have any holes or ports on the bottom...

 

[cybr]

HP already has a Probook that works perfect on blankets & pillows... vents completely on sides, not on the bottom.

 

[t0r012]

Wankers rejoice!

 

[Guest]

It's probably the dual layer edge which they have filed a patent for a while ago.
I think it's no more than common sense, when you use 2 layers of metal, with an air space inbetween them, and connect the airspace to the fan, it can exhaust the heat trapped between both layers.

Nothing new. Just a waiting for patent thing from Intel, that already existed a long time before they decided to patent it.

 

[turbolover22]

If you build the pillow into the laptop then you could just have the air dissipate into the pillow. You could even have a bigass heatsink inside the pillow to help draw heat away.

Oh you suddenly got sleepy?? Just close the lid on the laptop and flip it upside down.


They could call it Lapillowtop.

 

[dEAne]

That will be great.

 

[damiano13mg]

maybe they can build the mainboard behind the screen and make the bottom all battery?