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Scientists Create Photovoltaic-Piezoelectric Fiber To Power Gadgets With Light & Motion

Mike Sandru — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:30:35 +0000

A group of researchers at the University of Bolton have created a new piezoelectric-photovoltaic fiber that has the possibility to be implemented into different gadgets to power them using light and motion.

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Sound Waves – A Different Kind of Power Source That Can Charge Your Cellphone

Mike Sandru — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:07:23 +0000

Researchers from Korea are working on a new technology that can power your cellphone with sound. They have turned zinc oxide (the main ingredient of calamine lotion) into a tiny material that converts sound waves into energy through piezoelectricity.

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Proof-of-Concept Piezoelectric Generators Used to Recover Energy from Wind

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:48:03 +0000

City College of New York researchers, led by professor Yiannis Andreopoulos, are studying how to incorporate piezoelectric electricity generators into cars and planes, so they can convert the kinetic energy of motion into electricity.

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400 kW Piezoelectric Energy Recovery System Under Israel's Highways

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:17:19 +0000

When I was like 12, I did an interesting experiment: I connected a piezoelectric cigarette lighter to a halogen lamp based voltmeter measuring up to 3000V. The short spark easily raised the voltage above that figure. Of course, the current is very small, but the voltage is high - to the degree of about several tens of thousands volts.

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