The bot also uses only 7
microwatts of electricity when perching — it goes through about 2700 times that when it flies, according to a study today in Science.
Not exact matches
And as the equipment descends, everything will pass a bank
of ultraviolet lights that bathes it with 40,000
microwatts per square centimeter
of cell - killing energy.
But the various types
of energy harvesters developed so far generate mere
microwatts to hundreds
of milliwatts
of power, well below the amount needed to recharge a typical portable electronics battery.
When our bag is loaded with 3 kilos
of books, we produce a continuous output
of 4
microwatts.
The entire device is powered by just 4
microwatts and has a mass
of 10 milligrams.
A milliliter's worth
of these electrodes could in principle generate a peak power level
of 24.4
microwatts, more than the 10
microwatts typically needed by pacemakers, the researchers added.
«Our flow sensor system achieves an ultra-low power consumption
of 12.6
microwatts,» Cheong says.
In the team's demonstrations, the total power consumption
of the backscatter system was 11
microwatts, which could be easily supplied by a tiny coin - cell battery for a couple
of years, or powered using tiny solar cells.
So the two took a highly conductive graphene electrode, loaded it with saliva - eating bacteria, and within weeks they were producing nearly one
microwatt, a millionth
of a watt
of power.
A
microwatt is a tiny amount
of power, but it is enough for lab - on - a-chip devices, diagnostic tools and monitoring tools such as Mink's diabetes tracker.
That panel generated the most wattage
of any existing small - scale bio-solar cells: 5.59
microwatts.
According to the Acoustics
of Schools: a design guide, the standard sound power output created by speech is 10
microwatts, which amounts to a sound pressure level
of 60 dBA at one metre in front
of the speaker.
Am I correct in calculating that the present rate
of growth in the anthropenic forcing from CO2 from fossil fuel consumption is currently somewaht greater than a milliwatt / year, or about 4
microwatts per day?
According to the research results, the small monocrystalline solar cells (22 % efficiency) used in the study were able to generate «much more» than the typical 5 to 10
microwatts that typical cardiac pacemakers use, as even the lowest power output measured by the devices was an average
of 12
microwatts.