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Jostling shirt fabric may power iPods and such
BOSTON (AP) — Someday, your shirt might be able to power your iPod — just by doing the normal stuff expected of a shirt.
Scientists have developed a way to generate electricity by jostling fabric with unbelievably tiny wires woven inside, raising the prospect of textiles that produce power simply by being stretched, rustled or ruffled by a breeze.
The research, described in Thursday’s edition of the journal Nature, combines the precision of ultra-small nanotechnology with the elegant principle known as the piezoelectric effect, in which electricity is generated when pressure is applied to certain materials.
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at 14:01 on February 13th, 2008
But the car battery isn't really dead, Rob. See, he's just saying that it's dead...
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Laughing duckat 07:52 on February 15th, 2008
This is the Piezoelectric Crystal from the Piezoelectric device for Lighter
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