electricity from heat Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:03:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Thermoelectric Phone Charger Provides Electricity From Camp Fire https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hatsuden-nabe-20110615/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hatsuden-nabe-20110615/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:33:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19101 Hatsuden-Nabe is the name of a device that can charge up your cellphone by using wasted heat. It's available in Japan since yesterday and it surely attracts a lot of hikers and adventurers, who think this could save their lonesome journeys.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hatsuden-nabe-20110615/feed/ 1 19101 New Thermoelectric Device Produces 5W/cm², Could Save Laptop Batteries https://www.greenoptimistic.com/netxtreme-eteg-thermoelectric-20081222/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/netxtreme-eteg-thermoelectric-20081222/#respond Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:18:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1408 Netxtreme, a company providing thermal solutions, has come up with a thermoelectric evaluation kit, called eTEG UPF40 (embedded ThermoElectric Generator). It's an interesting concept, because of its efficiency (greater than that of standard thermoelectric materials) at converting heat into electricity.

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