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| Just ponder over the idea
of windmills recharging your mobile phone. Are
you there yet? Well, Dr. Smitha Rao and J.C.
Chiao from University of Texas are...
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Tuesday, January 14,
2014: Recharging your mobile phone
might be a cumbersome task for many, with all
the crazy wires and plugs and what not! However,
Dr. Smitha Rao and J.C. Chiao from the
University of Texas at Arlington, have taken
your recharging experience to an all new level
and a windy one at that. In an example of a
menacingly amazing piece of engineering, the duo
have succeeded in developing micro-windmills
that are just 1.8-mm at the widest point, but
this friends is only the beginning. Host
hundreds of such windmills on your mobile phone
and what you get is nothing short than a marvel,
the entire apparatus can then charge your mobile
phone on the go, claim the
developers.
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Intricately blending the concepts
of origami & wafer-scale semiconductor
devices, the developers were able to create a
complex 3D structure from 2D metal pieces. Rao
and Chiao have successfully solved the problem
of durability by employing a nickel alloy and a
smart aerodynamic design for the same. However,
when it comes to potential applications of micro
windmills this is only the tip of the ice berg,
they believe.
The effort has triggered an
obvious interest among concerned industries, a
Taiwanese fabrication company, WinMEMS
Technologies Co. to name for instance. The
company, clearly in awe is currently exploring
the commercial opportunities and showcasing the
work through their website and public
presentations.
In what seems to be
nothing less than an engineering delight, the
effort surely indicate what the future has in
store for the world in terms of technology and
electronics. As they say, the possibilities are
indeed limitless...
Saurabh Singh, EFYTIMES
News Network
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