Triboelectric Generators Harvest Mechanical Energy

A professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Zhong Lin Wang, is using what’s known as the triboelectric effect to create surprising amounts of electric power by rubbing or touching two different materials together. He believes the discovery can provide a new way to power mobile devices such as sensors and smartphones by capturing the otherwise wasted mechanical energy from such sources as walking, the wind blowing, vibration, ocean waves or even cars driving by.

Full Story: http://www.engineeringtv.com/video/Triboelectric-Generator-Harvest?NL=ED-04&Issue=ED-04_20151123_ED-04_969&sfvc4enews=42&cl=right_3_3&utm_rid=CPG05000000259113&utm_campaign=4279&utm_medium=email&elq2=a659d4711efb4380be2866677c260fb2

(Many thanks to David Nelson for sharing)