Finger swipe-powered phone? We're 1 step closer

Finger swipe-powered phone? We're 1 step closer East Lansing, MI (SPX) Dec 13, 2016 - The day of charging cellphones with finger swipes and powering Bluetooth headsets simply by walking is now much closer. Michigan State University engineering researchers have created a new way to harvest energy from human motion, using a film-like device that actually can be folded to create more power. With the low-cost device, known as a nanogenerator, the scientists successfully operated an L ... more

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