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Energy From Vibrations

Posted by Hemos on from the making-better-use-of-energy dept.

JN writes "Now here's a nifty invention. What started off as a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Navy to a MIT professor has turned out to become a great mechanism that harnesses running machines' minute vibrations into energy. The possibilities are limitless. Aside from the obvious, imagine the ultimate cellphone - one that charges the battery every time it rings/vibrates, hence promising extended talktimes, and giving operators all the more reasons to get their customers to use their devices. How cool is that? Do I see 3G applications with a vibrate() call mandatory every couple minutes? "

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  1. vibration energy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    i would say that there is quite an energy charge given off from by vibration every time i watch my girlfriend with her vibrating dildo...