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... I was going to write it off as someone just diddling themselves with simulating ideal components > Of course, real diodes leak in the low conducting region
by outsomnia 3y ago
... I was going to write it off as someone just diddling themselves with simulating ideal components
> Of course, real diodes leak in the low conducting region, and the system will eventually relax to thermal equilibrium.
... but at the end they have Appendix F with an "experiment" on a "TSMC chip" showing an impulse to 300mV.
- outsomnia 3y agoThere's an article with much better background on the whole thing and how they're trying to commercialize it https://scitechdaily.com/long-considered-impossible-in-physics-nonlinear-circuit-harvests-clean-power-using-graphene/ https://scitechdaily.com/long-considered-impossible-in-physi...
- qa_acc 3y agoI just finished to read the article and I find it hilarious: - Author: "They can also operate in many environments, making them particularly attractive for wireless sensors in locations where changing BATTERIES is inconvenient or expensive, such as an underground pipe system or interior aircraft cable ducts"; - CEO: "There is broad demand across the electronics industry to shrink form factors and decrease dependency on BATTERIES and wired power. We believe Graphene Energy Harvesting will have a profound impact on both.” We really live in a "bullshit amplified by social" society, they took a scientific publication about a phenomenon that needs peer reviews , verifications, etc and transform it in "We have the technology to recharge your phone WITH THE HEAT of YOUR HAND, licenses available !"
- ars 3y agoThanks for finding that, but that explained exactly nothing about how they are overcoming the 2nd law.