In remote areas of the world, everyday items like electrical outlets and batteries are luxuries. Health care workers in these areas often lack electricity to power diagnostic devices, and commercial …read more Source:: Science
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Hidden talents: Converting heat into electricity with pencil and paper
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•Thermoelectric materials can use thermal differences to generate electricity. Now there is an inexpensive and environmentally friendly way of producing them with the simplest of components: a normal pencil, photocopy …read more Source:: Science
Your gadget’s next power supply? Your body
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•Searching for a power outlet may soon become a thing of the past. Instead, devices will receive electricity from a small metallic tab that, when attached to the body, is …read more Source:: Science
Wireless energy source generates electricity from simple motions such as waves, clapping hands
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•Researchers have developed a wireless energy source that generates electricity from simple mechanical motion, such as the waves in the ocean, the tap of a foot or the clap of …read more Source:: Science
Electricity, eel-style: Soft power cells could run tomorrow’s implantables
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•Inspired by the electric eel, a flexible, transparent electrical device could lead to body-friendly power sources for implanted health monitors and medication dispensers, augmented-reality contact lenses and countless other applications. …read more Source:: Science
Wearable solar thermoelectric generator created
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•Engineers have introduced a new advanced energy harvesting system, capable of generating electricity by simply being attached to clothes, windows, and outer walls of a building. …read more Source:: Science
No batteries required: Energy-harvesting yarns generate electricity
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•Scientists have developed high-tech yarns that generate electricity when they are stretched or twisted. ‘Twistron’ yarns have many possible applications, such as harvesting energy from the motion of ocean waves …read more Source:: Science
Ultrathin device harvests electricity from human motion
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•A new electrochemical energy harvesting device can generate electrical current from the full range of human motions and is thin enough to embed in clothing. …read more Source:: Science
Technology which makes electricity from urine also kills pathogens, researchers find
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•A scientific breakthrough has taken an emerging biotechnology a step closer to being used to treat wastewater in the Developing World. …read more Source:: Science