Nanogenerators to power future?

The Washington Times ^ | 3/27/09 | Jennifer Harper

[lakeprincess]

Nanotechnology will tap into your HEARTBEAT and footsteps to charge phones - and most everything else. The researchers have also developed nano-powered biosensors to be embedded in humans as well.

[Slapshot68]

[earlJam]

Kramer: Do you think we will be using napkins in the year 2000, or is this mouth vaccum thing for real?

[GeronL]

wait. now just moving the device the up and down or waving it could be used to charge the phone. Remember the shake-powered flashlight?? Its a lot more subtle version of that which will come first.

[whd23]

Original title:

Nanogenerators to power future?

[b4its2late]

So, your phone dies when you do. How quaint?

[Frantzie]

Will it work on Teleprompters? ;-)

[Hegemony Cricket]

How about a urine-powered cell phone for people on the go?

[Nathan Zachary]

"Nanotechnology will tap into your HEARTBEAT and footsteps to charge phones - and most everything else.

This is getting a bit stupid already. mind you, with America's love for porn, jerk chargers will probably sell like hotcakes.

[posterchild]

Perhaps a sports bra charge an ipod during a run?

[posterchild]

Perhaps a sports bra charge an ipod during a run?

Should be: Perhaps a sports bra can charge an ipod during a run?

[RC2]

Sounds like it. All you have to do is turn your head to the right, then to the left, then to the right, then to the left, then to the right....etc, etc, etc. Then all you have to do is tell a whole lot of lies, over and over, and over, and over.

[djf]

Maxwells demon??!

[Nathan Zachary]

"wait. now just moving the device the up and down or waving it could be used to charge the phone. Remember the shake-powered flashlight?? Its a lot more subtle version of that which will come first.'

Hence the jerk charger. Self wind watches aren't anything new however. We had those in the 60's. Replacing a spring with a magnet and some coils of fine wire would keep a watch charged.

Especially those people who sit and look at porn all day on their PC in their parents basement.

[Billthedrill]

You’d probably want a backup battery anyway so that if your heart stops beating you could finish the call.

[GeronL]

but moving to Ipods, PDA’s (they still make those?), hand held game thingies and cell phones??

interesting!

[techcor]

Bump for later reading.

[BipolarBob]

So that whole Matrix movie thing true and our version of reality is a myth.

[DannyTN]

If they connect these things to the Democrat’s mouths, they will have a surplus of energy.

[ApplegateRanch]

with America's love for porn, jerk chargers will probably sell like hotcakes.

Hook'm up to Rosie's vibrator, and we'll have perpetual motion...but at what cost?