...initially designed to power wireless sensors that monitor the condition of industrial plants, the device could spawn a line of self-powered medical and consumer technologies.
That’s because it generates electrical energy from the vibrations and movements within its immediate environment, say experts at Southampton University, which created the device.
It works on the same principles as a kinetic powered watch, which uses the movement of a coil between magnets to produce an electrical current.
press release | Contractor UK
~Could the rumble of highway traffic, trains, bridges, highrises and trees swaying in the wind or earth tremors be used for "vibration energy harvesting"? How about gas or electric running motors?
Posted by Stubbornson at July 22, 2007 10:08 PM