If you’ve been on social media the last few weeks, you’ve probably noticed the hype and disappointment surrounding LK-99, a supposed room-temperature superconductor which turned out to be a fluke. Independent researchers were unable to replicate its alleged superconductive properties. Until a legitimate discovery of that nature is made, heat will always be a part of the energy usage equation. The conventional approach for cooling anything from a laptop to a state-of-the-art datacenter has been spending more money to consume more energy to power more fans. Heat from this cooling process is wasted, and getting rid of it through ventilation is expensive, costing up to 40% of a datacenter’s energy usage in some cases. Your laptop may still use a…