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From: Targeted worker removal reveals a lack of flexibility in brood transport specialisation with no compensatory gain in efficiency

Figure 2

Simplified schematic of the ANT°C system illustrating one of the ten aluminium strips. Each strip rested on top of six-serially connected Peltier elements, which were connected to an integrated printed circuit board below that distributed current from a programmable Peltier controller. The same Peltier controller also connected to an object sensor located above the Peltier elements to provide continuous feedback for automatic temperature adjustment. Beneath the Peltier elements was a heat sink with engraved cooling channels. Cold water was pumped in one end, absorbed excess heat from the sink, and passed back into the cooling pump to be chilled once more.

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