Self-powered devices possible

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 09:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Imagine a self-powering cell phone that never needs to be charged because it converts sound waves produced by the user into the energy it needs to keep running. It's not as far-fetched as it may seem thanks to the recent work of Tahir Cagin, a professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A and M University...

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