Electricity from Snow - UCLA First
First of its Kind Nanogenerator: SnowTENG
Generating Electricity from Snow - New Wearables
From sunny, warm Los Angeles, a team of engineers at UCLA have invented an innovative device that generates electricity from contact with snow. It's inexpensive, small and thin like a sheet of plastic. According to the researchers, it provides its own power and doesn't require batteries. It's a clever device that has the potential to generate a whole new generation of wearables to track athletic performance. It also functions as a weather station, smart enough to tell you how much snow is falling, from what direction along with wind speed and direction.
Best in Snow
It's a snow-based triboelectric nanogenerator, the Snow TENG. It contains silicon attached to an electrode. When the negatively charged layer of silicon makes contacts with the positively charged snow, electricity is created that's harvested by the device.
New Generation of Wearables
The amount of electricity that's generated is small. But the scientists say it can be placed on the bottom of skies or snow boots to monitor athletic performance on the slopes. They add it has the potential to monitor and access running, walking, jumping and other types of athletic activities. It can also be used to power small weather sensors in remote locations.
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Generating Electricity from Snow - New Wearables
From sunny, warm Los Angeles, a team of engineers at UCLA have invented an innovative device that generates electricity from contact with snow. It's inexpensive, small and thin like a sheet of plastic. According to the researchers, it provides its own power and doesn't require batteries. It's a clever device that has the potential to generate a whole new generation of wearables to track athletic performance. It also functions as a weather station, smart enough to tell you how much snow is falling, from what direction along with wind speed and direction.
Best in Snow
It's a snow-based triboelectric nanogenerator, the Snow TENG. It contains silicon attached to an electrode. When the negatively charged layer of silicon makes contacts with the positively charged snow, electricity is created that's harvested by the device.
New Generation of Wearables
The amount of electricity that's generated is small. But the scientists say it can be placed on the bottom of skies or snow boots to monitor athletic performance on the slopes. They add it has the potential to monitor and access running, walking, jumping and other types of athletic activities. It can also be used to power small weather sensors in remote locations.
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