A Cambridge startup is betting on plastic crystals to transform refrigeration by replacing gases with solid materials that change temperature under pressure, in a technology still under development and initially aimed at commercial systems. A startup affiliated with the University of Cambridge is working on a refrigeration technology that exchanges gases for solid materials capable […]
Barocalorics is a really important field right now. I don’t actually think this category of tech is bullshit based on the core research I’ve been following.
Maybe this particular startup is, but the field is actually ready for a breakthrough. We need startups to take the risk of doing an initial manufacturing run or nothing will ever happen.
This is the breakthrough. Now they need to prove it as a product and scale it up for manufacturing.