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Columbia University scientists reported the development of devices that derive directly from evaporation. The device is created to where it generates electricity causing a light to flash, and a rotary engine that drives a miniature car. Scientists suggest that one day it will have the ability to produce electricity from a giant floating power generators that sit on bays or reservoirs. According to Ozgur Sahin, Ph.D., an associate professor of biological sciences and physics at Columbia University, "Evaporation is a fundamental force of nature". There are spores in the device that transform the tapes in the device to tug or extend it, which will release a force resulting in a new type of artificial muscle that is controlled by changing humidity.
Shashank Priya led a team of mechanical and materials engineers and chemists at Virginia Tech University. What they have produced is a flexible solar panel that can be inserted into window shades or wallpaper, which will capture light from the sun and from sources inside the building itself. Most silicon panels can only absorb sunlight, unlike flexible panels which can absorb diffused light. The panels can also be constructed into different variations, which gives it an advantage over silicon based panels. The different sources of light that the panels can absorb are LED, incandescent, and fluorescent fixtures.
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AuthorMy name is Karl Gudino and I attend Wooster High School Archives
November 2016
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