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Passive CPU coolers are usually heatpipes connected to vanes. Considering they consist entirely of copper, aluminium and water, they are very expensive. Often they are built to have a certain aesthetic appeal as well.
I propose to make the construction much more expensive, but also much more beautiful.
Users
can choose from a wide arrange of bonsais. The bonsais are cut off at the thickest section of their trunk, and electroplated with copper to a thickness of about 2 mm. The wood bonsai is removed, and the inside of the hollow copper bonsai is filled with sinter and water, then depressurized to 10e-5 bar. The bonsai can now be mounted on the CPU, providing a branching heatpipe with integrated vanes, and beauty.
The avid modder will of course have a forest of bonsais she cares for, trying to coax them to grow into ever more fractal shapes. Forums will host huge threads of modders/growers discussing the pros and cons of monocotyledones versus dicotyledones and the like.
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Excellent idea. I don't think you can directly electroplate wood, but I will assume for now that that is an easily fixed detail. |
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Would this be possible with leafing foil? |
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[Srimech]: I never tried electroplating wood, but i guess first coating it with something conductive might do the trick (it does for other non-conductive materials like stone) - as the bonsai is not recoverable anyways, the caustic electroplating fluid would be no problem, though the dissolving wood might be a problem for the fluid... |
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[21 Quest]: The fad would bring a net increase in the number of bonsai, is my guess. And [bigsleep] got the removal method right. |
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[phoenix]: Bamboo is not fractal enough for cooling purposes, i guess; and leafing foil is probably not applicable to the desired strength (vacuum on the inside, so ~1bar pressure from the outside - not the wickedest of stresses to so small a tube, but a tube made from leafing foil might fail nonetheless..) |
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CPU could be a large miniature weeping willow, etc. right down to the RAM heat-spreaders which could be small hedgerows. Opportunities for movement using delicately placed bimetal strips...could be modelled instead of requiring the death of a small tree, and in glass for lighting effects. |
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I read in a book ages ago about Aquadag, it's supposed to make a conductive layer and then you can use electrolysis to plate non-conductive stuff. |
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Actually, in the Victorian times there was "a plate your dead relatives" service like this make a very cheap statue...do the plating, drill holes in the soles of the feet, burn out the content...not many takers I think. Maybe a departed goldfish, lots of area on those fins.. |
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