MEMS device generates power from body heat.
Thursday, April 29, 2010Posted by
Urvish Sohaliya
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an attempt to develop a power source that is compact, environmentally friendly, and has an unlimited lifetime, a team of researchers from Singapore has fabricated an energy harvesting device that generates electricity from body heat or any environment where there is a temperature gradient. Their device, called a thermoelectric power generator, attaches to the body and generates a power output of a few microwatts, which could be useful for powering implanted medical devices and wireless sensors.
(A prototype of the thermoelectric power
generator assembled in a ceramic package
and placed next to a indian rupees)
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