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It's been two years, what is their progress? It has probably failed to be exploitable then ?
by The_rationalist 5y ago
It's been two years, what is their progress? It has probably failed to be exploitable then ?
- westurner 5y agoScholarlyArticles that cite "Fluctuation-induced current from freestanding graphene" (2020) https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=3748350803951231734&as_sdt=5,43&sciodt=0,43&hl=en https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=3748350803951231734...
- polemic 5y agoQuick Google search finds the concept being used in medical sensors. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220301205420.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220301205420.h... When correctly shaped, graphene can harvest energy from motion, such as human body movements, and store it as electrical energy in micro-supercapacitors.
- civilized 5y agoMotion is one thing, thermal motion is another. Clocks that wind themselves up from being jostled around are centuries old. But thermal energy is supposed to be maximally disordered and thus unable to be converted to a more ordered form like electricity.