Researchers have figured out how to use viruses to create electricity in a new
piezoelectric technology that could power small electronics through human movement.
A piezoelectric technology developed by a Kenyan inventor uses your shoe to charge your gadgets while you walk.
Piezoelectric technologies are all the rage these days: just over the past year, we've reported on people - powered staircases, acoustic heat - engine devices and electricity - generating ticket gates.
Not exact matches
«Synthesizing the special mechanism with
piezoelectric readout is a big step forward towards commercialization of the
technology,» said Neal Hall, an assistant professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin.
A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology (KAIST), headed by Professor Keon Jae Lee of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST and Professor Boyoung Joung, M.D. of the Division of Cardiology at Severance Hospital of Yonsei University, has developed a self - powered artificial cardiac pacemaker that is operated semi-permanently by a flexible
piezoelectric nanogenerator.
The
technology is based on previous studies by the researchers in which they developed the
piezoelectric fibres, to which they have now added a further dimension.
«Woven textiles from
piezoelectric yarns makes the
technology easily accessible and it could be useful in everyday life.
Until the development of EAPs, the standard replacement
technology for motors were
piezoelectric ceramics, which have been around for some time.»
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«We can directly create
piezoelectric materials of the shape we want, where we want them, on flexible substrates for use in energy harvesting and other applications,» said Nazanin Bassiri - Gharb, co-author of the paper and an assistant professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of
Technology.
Using state - of - the - art non-contact
piezoelectric printing
technology.
The most powerful diesel version of the compact BMW X model features a four - cylinder engine with TwinPower Turbo
technology and Common Rail direct injection, the
piezoelectric injectors of which operate at a maximum pressure of 2,000 bar.
A 2.2 L turbodiesel which features Mitsubishi's MIVEC valve timing
technology, as well as direct injection and
piezoelectric injectors features a little over 200 horsepower and 310 lb - ft of torque.
Two things that are becoming increasingly important parts of our clean
technology future are improved batteries and mechanical energy harvesting devices, also known as
piezoelectric devices, that can generate electricity from our everyday movements.
To her, the branches looked like
piezoelectric materials, devices that produce electricity from vibrations and she began to imagine a renewable energy
technology that could harness the energy in the wind and rain.
Using
piezoelectric energy generation
technology, a
While the original Mi MIX came with a cantilever
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic
technology backed virtual earpiece, the new Mi MIX 2 comes with the regular earpiece but is hidden under the display.
The cantilever
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic
technology is now replaced with the physical speaker which is placed under the display.
Xiaomi tried «cantilever
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic
technology» to address the earpiece speaker, Samsung finally relented and moved its trademark fingerprint scanner to the back of the phone, and we've now seen a pop - up selfie camera in a bezel-less concept from Vivo that has the added benefit of an under - glass fingerprint sensor.
There's no earpiece as well, so if you're one to take calls, you'll have to rely on cantilever
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic
technology, which transmits sound without the need for a receiver.
Xiaomi says that one of the biggest challenges it faced was to improve the quality of the audio delivery and the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 has a Cantilever
Piezoelectric Ceramic Acoustic
Technology which lets the sound resonate through the metal frame and so, it is delivered through the screen.
On the other hand, the Mi MIX featured some innovative hardware like the three - sided bezel-less display, ultrasonic proximity sensor, and
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic
technology speaker.
While the cantilever
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic
technology replaces the regular earpiece, the IR proximity sensor is replaced with the ultrasonic proximity sensor.
Other than that, the front is all screen, ultrasonic proximity sensor embedded directly into it, and something called «cantilever
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic
technology» replacing the conventional earpiece speaker.
On top of the display, you'll see a small earpiece which peeps out of a tiny cut - out in the middle of the glass; the impressive but ultimately flawed «cantilever
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic
technology» earpiece used on the original Mi Mix has gone, which is definitely a positive as it was hard to hear in noisy environments.
Instead, the company has opted for the ultrasonic proximity sensor and
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic
technology that transmits the sound through the device frame.