Re-Injection System Rejuvenates Damaged Electronics

Throughout the history of electronics, humankind has been plagued and tormented by the evils of component and circuit failure. Many a party has been ruined, many a breakfast burrito has been damaged, and many a promising garage band’s future has been robbed from them because the electronics involved failed at the most inopportune moment.

Many methodologies have been implemented to address catastrophic circuit failure, from metal fuses to solid-state protection devices. And although they and other methods have shown relative effectiveness, any damage that does occur to the components is usually irreversible.

What is the Magic Smoke?

This is due to the magic smoke, which harnesses the ether motivating the electrons to move through the circuit, has escaped from the device. The primary component of magic smoke is Ar₄Pr₂₇I₁₇La₈-Fl₆O₉S₂₇, give or take, as well as all of the metals and other materials used in component manufacturing.

We all know of the magic smoke and its critical importance to the proper functioning of electronics. The problem is that sometimes the packaging leaks under stress conditions, and the smoke gets out. The smoke, once escaped, has been incredibly difficult to capture and pretty much impossible to re-inject into the electronics to rejuvenate them. Until now.

Re-Injection Methodology

A company called Lirpa Labs stated that it has developed a capture and re-injection mechanism for the magic smoke from any electronic component, device, or system. The solution captures the magic smoke and stores it in cells that were originally made for phlogiston processing in early illuminated printing research.

The smoke is then re-injected into the components and/or devices that had the containment failure with large injector needles, along with a potting and gasketing compound to hold the recycled smoke once it’s back inside. If most of the smoke is recovered, the process promises to re-energize the part by giving it back all of those important molecules and stuff.

Done properly, the circuit will perform almost as well as it did prior to the magic-smoke release event, rendering it useless. In the cases where there isn’t enough, or the magic smoke was blown away by a stiff breeze or draft, a small store of phlogiston-enhanced hickory particles is available to replace the missing magic smoke.

The company admits that it’s still in the commercialization phase of development, as the founders have only been successful with hand-tweaked prototype models. The tiny funnels and piping to capture and re-route the magic smoke take a great deal of hand tooling, bending, and assembling (let’s not even get into the pain involved in making the phlogiston storage cells!).

In fact, a large percentage of the company’s workforce is made up of watchmakers who lost their jobs during the great quartz wars of the late 20th century. Issues also crop up with performance in industrial environments, as the web of copper pipes wrapped around the protected device can pose a significant short-circuit risk.

However, Lirpa Labs does expect the fabrication and installation problems to be addressed in a cost-effective manner. The company’s founder and CEO, Sloof Lirpa, is very confident that the company’s solution will be successful, and every electronic system will soon have a web of piping, funnels, and injector needles around it for capturing and reusing any magic smoke released. His only concern is the potential damage to the supply chain, as fewer parts are needed to repair systems that have had their magic smoke recycled, reducing the revenue of component distributors.