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New nanogenerators offer 140x power density, could replace solar cells (interestingengineering.com)
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[โ€“] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Game changer for smart watches if this turns out to work and scale well

[โ€“] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago

So long as one gets off the couch! ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] Fermion@feddit.nl 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It would be nice for car keys and other remotes to never run out of battery. This seems like a good convenience technology, assuming it can be brought to market at comparable prices to li ion cells.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Big, big if. It says nothing about the actual manufacturing process. Also, the kind of movements smart watches make are large enough I'm guessing a balance of some kind already can capture a lot of it, if you don't mind the feeling of having weights on your wrist.

[โ€“] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

Like most science press releases I'm not holding my breath