Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Ultra-efficient LED puts out more power than is pumped in

Ultra-efficient LED puts out more power than is pumped in:
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Ultra-efficient LED puts out more power than is pumped in (Wired UK).
MIT physicists have managed to build a light-emitting diode that has an electrical efficiency of more than 100 percent. You may ask, “Wouldn’t that mean it breaks the first law of thermodynamics?” The answer, happily, is no.
The LED produces 69 picowatts of light using 30 picowatts of power, giving it an efficiency of 230 percent. That means it operates above “unity efficiency” — putting it into a category normally occupied by perpetual motion machines.

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