Energy & Green Tech
When raindrops fall from the sky, they can produce a small amount of energy that can be harvested and turned into electricity. It is a small-scale version of hydropower, which uses the kinetic energy of moving water to produce ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Automotive
Around 25-30% of the population regularly suffers from motion sickness—a figure which some reckon to be conservative. Symptoms of this poorly understood illness include nausea, sweating, pallor, hypothermia, headaches and ...
May 4, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A joint research team led by Professor Kim Hoe-joon of the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering and Professor Hong Seon-ki of the Department of Physics and Chemistry has developed a high-efficiency piezoelectric ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Walking can boost not only your own energy but also, potentially, the energy of your wearable electronic devices. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists made a significant advance toward self-charging wearable devices with ...
Nov 29, 2022
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Software
The approach to an airport runway is a real challenge for pilots: reducing speed, extending flaps and speed brakes and much more—all with as little noise and fuel consumption as possible. Moreover, air traffic control restricts ...
Oct 6, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Samsung is debuting its newest energy innovation at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES)—capturing the energy in radio frequency signals emitted by home Wi-Fi routers to power a TV remote control. The technology ...
Energy & Green Tech
As part of the EU-funded REACH project, Dutch start-up Kitepower has successfully deployed its Airborne Wind Energy System (AWES) in the Caribbean. This is a landmark achievement for the company working to bring its Falcon ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Last year, computer engineers from Northwestern University and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) introduced the world's first battery-free Game Boy, which harvests both solar energy and the user's kinetic energy from ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
The cardiac pacemaker of the future could be powered by the heart itself, according to researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Aug 4, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Location, location, location—when it comes to the placement of wind turbines, the old real estate adage applies, according to new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Carnegie's Enrico ...
Jun 29, 2021
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