Energy From Vibrations

Posted by Hemos on Monday April 21, 2003 @04:54AM 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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in related news by larry+bagina · 2003-04-21 04:58 · Score: 0, Troll

I hear Kathleen Fent-Malda gets energy from vibrators. I guess CmdrTaco can't satisfy her.

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Re:Windmills in the ducts by deanpole · 2003-04-21 06:43 · Score: 0, Troll

More importantly, let's hope for commercial windmill farms that don't kill birds.
Improvements in efficiency are also welcome.