A stream of compressed air does not look like a power source. In factories, it usually hisses through pipes, drives tools, then disappears as waste.
One key to harvesting the ocean’s clean energy—at least a little of it—may lie in static electricity. A team of researchers in Portugal has now successfully used it to run small generators inside a ...
Georgia Tech has created an energy harvester powered by the static electricity produced when two dissimilar materials are brought together and separated – think balloons and woolly jumpers – plus an ...
The plastic gizmo in Zhong Lin Wang’s hand doesn’t look like tomorrow’s solution to our looming energy crisis. It’s about the size and shape of a small grapefruit, but smooth and translucent. As he ...
We tend to think of electricity as part of the modern world. However, Thales of Mietus recorded information about static electricity around 585 BC. This Greek philosopher found that rubbing amber with ...
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Rebuilding an 18th-century electrostatic generator to capture electricity in a Leiden jar
How did we first discover electricity? In this video, we build the early device that first helped us harness and understand this powerful force: the electrostatic generator!
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