Georgia Tech has created an energy harvester powered by the static electricity produced when two dissimilar materials are brought together and separated – think balloons and woolly jumpers – plus an ...
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Rain-powered generator makes 60-volt signals for smart drainage without batteries
The device, called the Superhydrophobic Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Droplet-Based Electricity Generator, or S-FRP-DEG, harvests ...
A research team affiliated with UNIST has introduced a technology that generates electricity from raindrops striking rooftops ...
One key to harvesting the ocean’s clean energy—at least a little of it—may lie in static electricity. A team of researchers in Portugal has now successfully used it to run small generators inside a ...
Scientists have engineered an advanced energy management unit (EMU) that notably enhances the efficacy of electrostatic generators intended for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. This advancement ...
We tend to think of electricity as part of the modern world. However, Thales of Mietus recorded information about static electricity around 585 BC. This Greek philosopher found that rubbing amber with ...
Although the basic concept of electrostatic attraction has been known since ancient times, it was only in the 17th century that scientists began to systematically investigate electrostatics. One of ...
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