Looks like a very expensive air filter. Is it dishwasher safe?

Fantastic idea, we're all fed up with these noise boxes.... however, I latch onto the previous comment but with a slightly different angle.... it appears fragile the question appears how do you get around the dust clogging problem ? Currently one can use compressed air to clean up the heat sinks.... but I assume that this would cause a serious "dent" into the afro version...with a serious drop in performance. Can we place it in the dishwasher ? or is it strong enough to withstand a serious airblast to get the dust out of the structure ?

@JøhP exactly. I wonder how the efficiency drops after a year or two when it get dusty. If it is fixed to processor and graphic card you probably cannot wash it easily. On the other hand I miss some noiseless cooling for efficient PCs.

But.. the foam just sitting on top of the heat-conducting plates will be terribly inefficient, there's not enough surface-contact area to transfer the heat to the foam itself well. It's probably terrific for transferring heat away from itself, but getting the heat there is going to be problematic.
I can't help but think that if it was possible to 3D-print with copper one should make it solid at the bottom and then eke slowly thinner and thinner strands out of it towards the top. This would make it easy to get the heat in there and since there would be no disconnects between the top and the bottom it'd still be efficient at dissipating the heat, too.

Great idea but I wonder how long before it gets clogged up with dust, cat hair ect?

$120.000.00....ROTFLMAO!

How many times a year do you blow the dust out?

High end specs today, but how about soring of 2015? Far enough time from now that if the idea works to find knock off versions at my local frys.

Heat is not going to conduct through the copper wool worth a darn. A steel can of water would make a better heat sink. (make it antifreeze to prevent problems)

I would advise to use fans anyway. The extra air push from two near-silent fans helps heat dissipation a lot more than it is worth to discard them.