Ionic wind mooted as the future cooling of PC cooling.

The BBC carries an interesting story relating to research in to future cooling for hot-running PC components.

Researchers at Purdue University have demonstrated a new cooling technique, designed to aid traditional air-cooling by employing tiny wind engines empowered by shifting charged particles across a device. The shift, the researchers say, creates an ionic wind that can increase cooling by up to 250 per cent.

It certainly sounds like the perfect panacea for high-end components that can currently draw around 200W.

Read more here, and let us know your thoughts in the HEXUS.forums.