Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Mobile phones could be charged using sound

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Thanks to zinc oxide nanorods, phones may someday be able to recharge using the sounds aro...


Four years ago, we first heard about how Korean scientist had proposed using sound to charge mobile phones. They explained that it could be done via a piezoelectric effect, in which zinc oxide nanowires converted sound-caused vibrations into electricity. At the time, the researchers couldn't generate enough of a current to actually charge a phone. Now, however, scientists from Nokia and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have succeeded in doing so. .. Continue Reading Mobile phones could be charged using sound



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