Princeton University Engineers have found a way to turn silicone rubber sheets into piezoelectric materials that create electricity when flexed. Proposed applications by the engineers who have conducted this research suggested shoes, to power your small gadgets that you carry around all day, cells phones, mp3 players, etc.
Power-generating rubber films
Now the article states that the U.S. Intelligence Community funded the research into this new silicone piezoelectric rubber that is better than quartz and I’m sure they are going to put it to good use. But I wonder where this technology will really take off. I can think of a few applications in the sex toy industry. As the tittle of the original article by Popsci.com was a little misleading, my attention was grabbed just as I’m sure yours was too.
The new silicon piezoelectric rubber can produce electrical volatge when squeezed or pressured. Do I need to go any further or shall I let your own imagination wander?
Of course this new technology has huge potential into any number of fields of use. One suggested use is in pace makers, where using just the movement of the chest to created enough energy to run the pace maker without the need to replace a depleted battery via surgery.
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