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Apr 1, 2011

Nanogenerators Produce Electricity While You Dance

Dr. Zhong Lin Wang of theGeorgia Institute of Technology has reported that he and his team of Einsteins constructed nanogenerators with enough energy to potentially power LCDs, LEDs and laser diodes by moving your various limbs. These micro-powerhouses -- strands of piezoelectric zinc oxide, 1 / 500 the width of a single hair strand -- can generate electrical charges when flexed or strained. 

Wang and his team of researchers shoved a collection of their nanogenerators into a chip 1 / 4 the size of a stamp, stacked five of them on top of one another and can pinch the stack between their fingers to generate the output of two standard AA batteries -- around 3 volts. Imagine how convenient to charge your phone in your pocket sans the bulky battery add-ons. And that's only one application of this technology. 

21 comments:

ed said...

i wish i could dance

Whoog Tunes said...

dam thats a cool device. i wonder when it will become availible

David said...

That sounds incredibly useful.

Nope said...

Dude that's really awesome! Just get a whole bunch of people dancing in a factory and call it a power plant!

Dazza said...

future looks good, jumping around with microchips/nanogenerators all over our bodies =D

Anonymous said...

Finally, people will be able to buy vibrators that power themselves.

Painkiller! said...

WOW!
Awesome!

Onikazam said...

So a rave party can potentially turn into a power plant?

KrillKrones said...

Pretty amazing! Sweet post! :)

zepdragon said...

Very interesting post. Eventually just wearing them could power our homes

Unknown said...

cool will follow !!

Lucifer said...

interesting....following

Trelin said...

I wanna buy a wiggle-battery.

pezasied said...

I want this! It would give me another excuse to dance

Polybius said...

Professional dancers are going to be billionaires if they start selling that energy, it seems.

R. Cutts said...

this is an incredibly cool piece of manufacturing.. i see world energy and world obesity problems solved.. your fat.. you can watch tv.. but you must dance for it!!!

psyke said...

Remember that julian assange dancing video? He could power a whole country!

BTN Hip Hop said...

man ill wear one in the mosh pits

Unknown said...

That is really exciting. There are so many possibilities for this.
You could have, say, flexible monitor screens stretched all over your body while you dance at a rave. How trippy would that be?

Blog Hunt said...

wow that's funny haha i would so go if i could dance!

Adam said...

That's awesome!