Chin Strap Harvests Energy From Chewing To Power Wearable Gadgets
Harnessing energy from body movement has gained quite a bit of attention over the past years. Various technologies have been proposed that can turn...
Nanogenerator Could Make for Self-Charging Smartphones
Chances are, there are a couple places your smartphone might be, either in your pocket or purse, or on your desk.
Today's smartphones are more...
New Aluminum Nitrate-Based Device Converts Low-Frequency Vibrations to Electricity
A team of scientists from the Institute of Microelectronics at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) claim to have found the source...
Two Devices That Can Solar Power Your iPhone While You Walk or Listen to...
Charging a mobile device using flexible solar cells fitted in headphones, or a shoe insole that harnesses energy generated by walking, could soon be...
Nanotech Hybrid Solar Cell Generates Electricity from Both Light and Sound
A new nanotech hybrid solar cell developed by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, generates electricity from light as...
Wet-Powered Thin Film Generates Electricity
Given the right circumstances, we've probably all seen a piece of paper curl up when wet. Could this motion be put to work, that...
Smaller is Better – Understanding Pyroelectric Nanomaterials
Does size matter? Most people will say yes, and affirm that bigger is better. On the other hand, sometimes smaller can be better, as...
GE’s Ultra-Thin Piezo Technology Used to Cool Future Laptops and Tablets
As electronics get smaller, faster, and more powerful, the devices we count on in our everyday connected lives tend to get hotter, requiring some...
Stony Brook Gets Award for Piezoelectric Railroad Energy Harvestor
Engineers at Stony Brook University in New York have won a national award for developing an energy harvestor that significantly reduces railroads’ carbon dioxide...
10 Ideas to Generate Green Energy
We keep publishing stories on how to generate renewable energy, which tell us about investments worth millions.
Scientific research, energy companies as well as governmental...
