Samsung and US researchers say a new technology called thermoelectric cooling can make refrigerators 70% more energy efficient, and it could also enable them to harvest the power they need from their ambient environment.

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This tech is still at the ‘demonstrated in the lab’ phase, but the fact Samsung is behind it, hopefully makes it more likely it will see its way into commercial development.

What’s most intriguing is that the same tech that makes the cooling more efficient, can also harvest energy from temperature differences.

There are a lot of places in the world with very hot days, and cold nights, that currently need air conditioning. I wonder if this tech ever makes its way into products they can use?