By Evan Ackerman
This little hamster is wearing a special jacket with a nanogenerator in it that harvests the biomechanical energy that the hamster creates as it moves. Each generator module can produce up to 70 milliwatts, and researchers are hoping to make them smaller to power nanoscale devices, as well as to integrate them into clothing to allow you to recharge stuff just by walking around. Too bad that sounds like soooo much more work than plugging things into the wall and then lying on the couch and watching them charge that way… But I guess I could just outfit my pet rats with biogenerator jackets of their own and replace their drinking water with Jolt.
[ Technology Review ] VIA [ Gizmodo ]
I didn't realize it was a jacket that was giving the power until i read the description, i thought it was the wheel itself on a generator. it makes sense right? that's what they use in the cartoons after all.
This is pretty cool, but it brings us 1 step closer to the Matrix 😉
that is cool, thanks share the video. thank you!
that is cool, thanks share the video. thank you!