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Energy Harvesting from Rolling Car Tires Uses Triboelectric Effect

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Energy harvesting is an up and coming topic. Recently we covered technologies that harvest stray radio frequency waves to charge smartphone batteries. Now a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison...

Disney Researchers Create Generator That Makes Power Using Paper

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A group of researchers working for Disney have created what might be the cheapest power generator ever made. The generator doesn't make huge amounts of power, but does generate enough electricity to...