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more about #piezoelectric more comments → Curves: Zinc oxide? If they can cover you with them instead of internalizing them, they should help you avoid sunburn too. more » ishook: That 'free energy' comes from somewhere. Does that mean we'll be get tired easier? Stress our heart more? No thanks! more » daftrok: The Matrix IS real! more » Duke Olivius: In before hoards of animal rights activists saying it's not natural to clothe animals God forbid this technology leads to a hamster being able to powe... more » Hello Mister Walrus: What? And we are still using fossil fuels? This changes everything!! World peace is here at last! more » normeezy: PETA would not be amused more » zenpoet: And here I thought it was a jacket for humans that was powered by a little hamster. That would be much cooler. I could keep my mp3 player powered, my ... more » Nathan Nash: So you're saying my dreams of having a hamster powered secret layer are closer to reality than i thought? more » 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons: + Watch video more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Humans being used for generating power.... I knew the Matrix would start in Japan. more » -
#nanotech
Piezoelectric Nanowires Could Power Future Gadgets Using Blood Flow
Did that headline get your blood pumping? Good. In the future you'll make a great battery. More » -
#nanotech
Nanopiezoelectric Jacket Harnesses Power From Hamster Movement
Nanopiezoelectric research hopes to pull tiny amounts of power from minuscule movements, like breathing. Now, Georgia Tech researchers have made a nanopiezoelectric jacket for hamsters that successfully generates .1 volts of electricity. More » -
#japan
Pedestrian Power Will Generate Holiday Lights at Shibuya Station, Tokyo
Tokyo's Shibuya train has a special installation for Christmas that uses its pedestrians' footsteps to generate electricit. A mat using piezoelectric gadgetry runs a LED display board and a small holiday lights display. More » -
#electronichogu
Electronic Hogu Measures Just How Hard Your Foe Can Beat You Up
The final project of a team from Cornell University, this electronic hogu, modelled above by a lantern-jawed mannequin called Bob, uses piezoelectric sensors and a microcontroller to measure the kicks and punches between contestants in a Tae Kwan Do bout. Piezoelectric sensors and a microcontroller are implanted in the transmitter side, while the receiver side has wireless receiver circuitry, another microcontroller, and a monitor to display the score. As that great black belt of martial arts would say, "Haiiiii-YAAAAAAA!" Yes, I'm talking Miss Piggy. [Cornell via GEARFUSE and HacknMod] More »
