- A “ super-adhesive biobs’ filter ” was tested by Korean scientists
- He uses oil, imitating “nasal hairs coated with mucus” for better filtering of dust
- Your PC could be much more without dust in the future accordingly, if it materializes with mesh box filters
Dust filters that aim to prevent particles from entering your desktop computer or laptop could make a big leap forward in the future, thanks to an invention that makes fun of the human nose.
The “ super-adhesive biobile filter ” has been tested by Korean researchers, and it is essentially an oil coated network that stops dust more effectively, or other infiltrating particles, on their traces.
An article in the journal Nature, written by scientists from Chung-Ang University in South Korea (as Tom’s equipment underlines), explains that invention is “inspired by the natural filtration capacities of nasal hair coated with mucus”, which does not evoke the most pleasant.
The reality is that it is a “biomimetic filter” with a thin coating of liquid, and as with nasal hairs, this liquid helps to trap the more effectively invasion particles, because they remain there. Or as paper says: “When PM [particulate matter] Meet the mucus, a meniscus forms, generating strong adhesion by capillarity. “”
The result of this imitation of oil -based filter should be a more dust -free computer. And while researchers mainly target household or industrial air filtration systems, technology could be applied to everything that a dust filter is necessary, including the humble PC.
The filters use a “layer of thin and uniform silicone oil” which is sprayed, and they capture much more particles than traditional efforts and are effective for 2 to 3x longer, we are told.
To prolong their usable lifespan, the filters can be washed, dried and re -apprusted oil by simply spraying it (with a non -toxic oil, obviously used).
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Should we prepare for the Master Master Mucus 5N0T PC case, then? Well, maybe not, but this innovation could have serious advantages for the world of computers.
There is a required balance with the typical desktop PC case or the laptop chassis, in that they need many vents to keep the components in the fridge. However, a lot of space so that air moves for cooling means that much more dust is potentially in the PC.
Traditional meshes try to capture this dust, but do not always do a lot of good work. Of course, they help, but if you look inside your PC (through the glass window on the side, if it has one), you may notice that it is quite dusty in there.
After a few years, dust can accumulate in considerable quantity, especially around the CPU fan and probably also the graphics card, if you do not clean in your PC case. And let’s be honest, most of us are far too good to procrastinate with regard to this kind of household interview on PC (I know I am).
New filters that depend on the oil could be a real boon in terms of maintaining your PC much more without dust throughout its lifespan, which may eliminate the need for cleaning one day – or at least make this chore a much more uncommon task.
If all this speech inspired you to clean your PC, do it very carefully (using a compressed air box) and make sure you look at good advice on how to do it properly (without damaging fans). This is particularly the case with laptops, and I would not recommend trying to open a case of notebook, in order to clean inside, to anyone except for the most informed readers of the technology.
