Piezoelectricity powers artificial bunny
Illustration by B. Gillespie
Well, maybe not an artificial bunny but ScienceNOW Daily News Reported this on Mar. 26, 2009
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have built a piezoelectric effect (mechanical pressure converted to electricity) nanogenerator, the first to use this effect at the nanoscale.
This could allow microsensors and miniature medical devices to derive their electrical needs from their surroundings instead of from batteries.
I wonder if, at some point, they could also stimulate muscles in disabled persons?
Hmm, good point. Maybe they could. Need to do some more research on that