Mar 202008

Float Away

Posted by: Sierra in News



Float Away

The Float Away notebook concept comes from the designer Young Hwan Kim and even though at a first glance it doesn’t seem to show anything new it does unveil a new useful characteristic that is not based on some innovative technology.

Float Away

It is only a laptop concept at the moment but because of its intelligent design it deserves at least to be mentioned on our web site.
It is curious why the other laptop manufacturers have not thought in this yet.
Float Away brings a simple solution to the annoying and sometimes dangerous heat coming from underneath its housing.

Float Away

The back end is a little bit elevated so that a lift bar can be integrated into it and so, the heat can be easily dissipated into the air maintaining the notebook cool permanently this way extending its life.

Float Away

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6 Comment(s) on “Float Away”

  • mike said on Mar 21 08 at 10:44 pm:

    not new, my ages old compaq armada uses the same design technique.

  • eric said on Mar 22 08 at 6:38 am:

    stuff like that coming off the back of the laptop like that is actually pretty uncomfortable when having the laptop on your lap

  • Tofudisan said on Mar 22 08 at 8:51 am:

    Laptop cooling does not equate to the methods used in desktop computers. Most laptop designs are created so that the surface they sit on acts as a "heat sink". The idea being that the table/desk/lap absorbs the heat via the bottom of the laptop. The heat is then dispersed throughout the remainder of the structure the computer is sitting on. Elevating the laptop for air flow could actually cause a heat build up and shorten the life of the computer.

    So, in other words, it's not that the laptop designers didn't think of this concept. It's that this concept is actually contrary to its intended purpose.

  • Tofudisan said on Mar 22 08 at 8:53 am:

    Oh, one more thing, the reason for the heat sink design is so that the laptop doesn't have to incorporate as many fans as a desktop. Smaller and fewer fans equal more battery life/power for mobile computing. The design concept here would necessitate a moving fan that would draw battery power down quickly.

  • Sierra said on Mar 22 08 at 9:21 am:

    Thanks, Tofudisan, for telling this. I personally didn't know, just suspected it.

  • Sierra said on Mar 22 08 at 9:22 am:

    eric, u r right, so we'd better use a laptop cooling stand rather than trying to change the notebook's shape.