Scott Adams

I've got a headset on, so no.

Oh, that's good now.

Perfect now.

I'll try and stay still.

So then we also have a one-way heat diode that's been invented that will help batteries survive extreme operating conditions.

So it looks like it's a way where this diode will let heat go one direction, but not the other direction.

And it seems there's claiming this is something no one's ever done before.

So I'm not sure exactly what this diode is or how it works, but maybe if there's someone who understands electronics better than me, I think I understand what a diode is in concept, that it's like one of those little electronic components that,

you make circuit boards out of.

But you know, I think it is something that apparently will transfer the heat in one direction, but block it going the other way.

And I think that's meant to be, you know, it might let your iPhone operate when it's hot outside, or obviously it also has potential applications to EVs or satellites or AI data centers.

So that, that seems kind of cool to me.

I mean, I don't know.

I don't have the details on that.

I can look it up maybe real quick.

I mean, the other thing I'll point out, and this of course is buried at the end of the article is that this has only been demonstrated theoretically.

So they haven't actually done the experiments to see if it works.

And so it's at the very early stages.

So I don't know if this is going to be real, just like a lot of these studies where it's kind of an early thing that has been simulated essentially, but we'll have to see if it really works and whether it actually does what they say it is doing.

And it doesn't cover exactly what materials it's using.