Sandia Lab’s New “Cooler” Technology

I'm curious to see how they're going to make a design requiring a 0.001" tolerance reasonably affordable.
 
Felt the need to point this out:
White Paper said:
The prototype device is configured as a static (externally pressurized) thrust bearing. In realworld thermal management applications such an externally pressurized air bearing would bereplaced by a hydrodynamic (self-pressurizing) air bearing, which uses a minute fraction of the mechanical power supplied by the brushless motor to generate the required lifting force.
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It doesn't need a supply of compressed air, they were simply using one on the prototype to manually vary the air gap during testing.
 
These guys contacted us for licensing the technology, and I explained that is not the business we are in, but I did ask if we could "review" a prototype and I am waiting on an answer.
 
I had to actually LOL in RL reading the comments here. Awesome Kyle, that maybe [H] will see a sample. Why are folks so determined to be so negative without any evidence yet? i say Go Go new ideas, new tech!
 
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