Here we report a microdroplet-based electrostatic generator operating by an acceleration-deceleration ... The conversion efficiency from mechanical to electrical energy, Eff=I 2 ·V target /(p ...

Researchers are demonstrating that good things, in the form of useful amounts of power, can come in small packages. At the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, researchers have been able to ...

A Van de Graaff generator is a mechanical electrostatic generator. Using the same principle as rubbing stocking feet over carpet to generate a small charge of static electricity to be unleashed on ...

Q: Was the man who developed the electrical device that makes your hair stand on end from Alabama? A: Yes. According to the online Encyclopedia of Alabama, Robert Jemison Van de Graaff (1901-1967 ...

Researchers have developed a high-performance energy management unit (EMU) that significantly boosts the efficiency of electrostatic generators for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

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The generator is called a Wimshurst machine and has two counter-rotating discs which collect charge. The charge is dissipated across a spark gap which is placed where the bike light would normally go.

Jay Blades and the team were on hand to restore an iconic 1960s armchair, a WWII sailor’s hat, the most extraordinary bicycle and a Victorian electrostatic generator that got everyone talking ...