Quantum Refrigerator: Is it as Cool as it Sounds?

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ppnl said:
Ok is this article as silly as it seems to me?

http://www.physorg.com/news202539967.html

When I think of quantum cooling I think of laser cooling. Which is cool. But that's an article that is meant only for devout quantum physicists. I say if something even remotely close to what they want to do is actually shown in a real experiment then I'll first eat my own shoe and second I'll stop making fun of quantum mechanics. I wouldn't count on it though.

P.S. the math seems right though. So it's not silly in that sense.
 

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