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:
i wish i could dance
dam thats a cool device. i wonder when it will become availible
That sounds incredibly useful.
Dude that's really awesome! Just get a whole bunch of people dancing in a factory and call it a power plant!
future looks good, jumping around with microchips/nanogenerators all over our bodies =D
Finally, people will be able to buy vibrators that power themselves.
WOW!
Awesome!
So a rave party can potentially turn into a power plant?
Pretty amazing! Sweet post! :)
Very interesting post. Eventually just wearing them could power our homes
cool will follow !!
interesting....following
I wanna buy a wiggle-battery.
I want this! It would give me another excuse to dance
Professional dancers are going to be billionaires if they start selling that energy, it seems.
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!!!
Remember that julian assange dancing video? He could power a whole country!
man ill wear one in the mosh pits
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?
wow that's funny haha i would so go if i could dance!
That's awesome!
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