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Piezoelectric Nanowires Could Power Future Gadgets Using Blood Flow

8:00AM March 30, 2009 | Jack Loftus

Did that headline get your blood pumping? Good. In the future you’ll make a great battery.

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Nanopiezoelectric Jacket Harnesses Power From Hamster Movement

9:00AM March 11, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Nanopiezoelectric research hopes to pull tiny amounts of power from minuscule movements, like breathing. Now, Georgia Tech researchers have made a nanopiezoelectric jacket for hamsters that successfully generates .1 volts of electricity.

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