#trompe — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #trompe, aggregated by home.social.
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Medieval Alhambra’s Pulser Pump and Other Aquatic Marvels
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Medieval Alhambra’s Pulser Pump and Other Aquatic Marvels
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Medieval Alhambra’s Pulser Pump and Other Aquatic Marvels
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Medieval Alhambra’s Pulser Pump and Other Aquatic Marvels
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Medieval Alhambra’s Pulser Pump and Other Aquatic Marvels
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What if we turned "dead" office space into 20-story gravity refrigerators for AI? 🏙️🌬️
I’ve been digging into the Trompe—a 19th-century tech that uses falling water to compress air—and realized it’s the perfect solution for the modern data center crisis.
The Concept:
Retrofit an old elevator shaft with a high-viscosity "slimy" fluid (think plant-based thickeners).The Power Stroke: You drop the fluid 20 stories. The viscosity "locks" air bubbles in place, creating a liquid piston that crunches air to 8 bar at the basement level.
The Isothermal Win: Because the air is "bathed" in the liquid as it’s squeezed, the water sucks the heat away instantly. You get a blast of 10°C air at the bottom with zero moving parts. * The Feedback Loop: Use the AI server waste heat to "fizz" the fluid at the bottom. This creates a natural Siphon/Airlift effect that pushes the warm liquid back to the roof for free.
Why this beats traditional cooling:
Unlike evaporative cooling, this is a closed-loop system. No massive water waste, no humidity spikes, and no mechanical compressors to break. Just gravity, viscosity, and the server’s own heat powering its own "lungs."Is it time to stop fighting thermodynamics with electricity and start using building height as a service? 🚀
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe
#AI #DataCenter #Engineering #Sustainability #GreenTech #Trompe
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What if we turned "dead" office space into 20-story gravity refrigerators for AI? 🏙️🌬️
I’ve been digging into the Trompe—a 19th-century tech that uses falling water to compress air—and realized it’s the perfect solution for the modern data center crisis.
The Concept:
Retrofit an old elevator shaft with a high-viscosity "slimy" fluid (think plant-based thickeners).The Power Stroke: You drop the fluid 20 stories. The viscosity "locks" air bubbles in place, creating a liquid piston that crunches air to 8 bar at the basement level.
The Isothermal Win: Because the air is "bathed" in the liquid as it’s squeezed, the water sucks the heat away instantly. You get a blast of 10°C air at the bottom with zero moving parts. * The Feedback Loop: Use the AI server waste heat to "fizz" the fluid at the bottom. This creates a natural Siphon/Airlift effect that pushes the warm liquid back to the roof for free.
Why this beats traditional cooling:
Unlike evaporative cooling, this is a closed-loop system. No massive water waste, no humidity spikes, and no mechanical compressors to break. Just gravity, viscosity, and the server’s own heat powering its own "lungs."Is it time to stop fighting thermodynamics with electricity and start using building height as a service? 🚀
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe
#AI #DataCenter #Engineering #Sustainability #GreenTech #Trompe
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What if we turned "dead" office space into 20-story gravity refrigerators for AI? 🏙️🌬️
I’ve been digging into the Trompe—a 19th-century tech that uses falling water to compress air—and realized it’s the perfect solution for the modern data center crisis.
The Concept:
Retrofit an old elevator shaft with a high-viscosity "slimy" fluid (think plant-based thickeners).The Power Stroke: You drop the fluid 20 stories. The viscosity "locks" air bubbles in place, creating a liquid piston that crunches air to 8 bar at the basement level.
The Isothermal Win: Because the air is "bathed" in the liquid as it’s squeezed, the water sucks the heat away instantly. You get a blast of 10°C air at the bottom with zero moving parts. * The Feedback Loop: Use the AI server waste heat to "fizz" the fluid at the bottom. This creates a natural Siphon/Airlift effect that pushes the warm liquid back to the roof for free.
Why this beats traditional cooling:
Unlike evaporative cooling, this is a closed-loop system. No massive water waste, no humidity spikes, and no mechanical compressors to break. Just gravity, viscosity, and the server’s own heat powering its own "lungs."Is it time to stop fighting thermodynamics with electricity and start using building height as a service? 🚀
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe
#AI #DataCenter #Engineering #Sustainability #GreenTech #Trompe
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What if we turned "dead" office space into 20-story gravity refrigerators for AI? 🏙️🌬️
I’ve been digging into the Trompe—a 19th-century tech that uses falling water to compress air—and realized it’s the perfect solution for the modern data center crisis.
The Concept:
Retrofit an old elevator shaft with a high-viscosity "slimy" fluid (think plant-based thickeners).The Power Stroke: You drop the fluid 20 stories. The viscosity "locks" air bubbles in place, creating a liquid piston that crunches air to 8 bar at the basement level.
The Isothermal Win: Because the air is "bathed" in the liquid as it’s squeezed, the water sucks the heat away instantly. You get a blast of 10°C air at the bottom with zero moving parts. * The Feedback Loop: Use the AI server waste heat to "fizz" the fluid at the bottom. This creates a natural Siphon/Airlift effect that pushes the warm liquid back to the roof for free.
Why this beats traditional cooling:
Unlike evaporative cooling, this is a closed-loop system. No massive water waste, no humidity spikes, and no mechanical compressors to break. Just gravity, viscosity, and the server’s own heat powering its own "lungs."Is it time to stop fighting thermodynamics with electricity and start using building height as a service? 🚀
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe
#AI #DataCenter #Engineering #Sustainability #GreenTech #Trompe
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https://www.europesays.com/be-fr/49167/ Un couac dès le départ de Milan-Sanremo : l’échappée se trompe de route au premier kilomètre ! (vidéo) – Sudinfo #Actualités #BE #BEFr #Belgique #Belgium #couac #départ #échappée #kilomètre ! #MilanSanremo #News #premier #route #trompe #vidéo
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Ce nouveau musée à Nantes défie tes sens et les lois de la gravité
Crédit : Big City – Morgane M Un nouveau musée vient d’arriver à Nantes, et il promet de…
#Nantes #FR #France #Actu #News #Europe #EU #actu #Actualités #Enfants #europe #illusion #illusions #Musée #paysdelaloire #Républiquefrançaise #sorties #trompe-l'oeil
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« On prévoit 1 000 pièces et 4 tickets d’or » : Noëmie revient à Rennes avec ses
Ce lundi 22 décembre 2025, Noëmie Daunay, pâtissière basée à Montauban-de-Bretagne (Ille-et-Vilaine), revient à Rennes pour une vente express…
#Rennes #FR #France #Actu #News #Europe #EU #000 #1 #4 #actu #Actualités #bretagne #europe #forme #fruits #gâteaux #noëmie #pièces #prévoit #Républiquefrançaise #revient #Saint-Malo #tickets #trompe-l
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Thomas et Charlotte font fondre les cœurs (et les fromages)
Thomas qui vend aussi ses fromages …
#Montpellier #FR #France #Actu #News #Europe #EU #actu #Actualités #artisanatlocal #Charcuterie #convivialite #coucherdesoleil #europe #événement #feudebois #Fromage #fromagerie #gastronomie #montpellier #Noëlmagique #Occitanie #Palavas #Produitslaitiers #raclette #Républiquefrançaise #Saint-Pierre #ThomasetCharlotte #traditions #trompe-l'œilfromtom #Vignes
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By far the coolest musical instrument in the universe: #munniharppu ! Also known as #JawHarp #jewsharp #doromb #mungiga #guimbarde #murchunga #trompe I’m not much of an instrumentalist but I try to compensate any lack of skill with my angry, artsy attitude!
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Besoin d'un peu de rêve dans ce monde de fous ?
L'histoire de Babar et de la littérature jeunesse dans l'histoire :
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/le-cours-de-l-histoire/histoire-de-babar-pachyderme-mais-presque-6502142
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I like the idea of using a #trompe to generate electricity from storm water. It would take no power, requite little maintenance, and free power every time it rains.
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Hackaday Podcast 051: Pointing With Your Tongue, C64 Touchpad, USB Killcord, and Audacity Does Everything - Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams sort through the hacks you might have missed over... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/24/hackaday-podcast-051-pointing-with-your-tongue-c64-touchpad-usb-killcord-and-audacity-does-everything/ #hackadaycolumns #gradientinfill #tongueinput #colorlight #coppertape #mntreform #podcasts #podcast #trompe #fpga
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Get Compressed Air From Falling Water With The Trompe - If you’re like us, understanding the processes and methods of the early Industrial Revolution invo... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/17/get-compressed-air-from-falling-water-with-the-trompe/ #compressedair #classichacks #htdraulics #isothermal #adiabatic #mining #trompe #demo #gas
