{"id":336836,"date":"2010-02-18T01:39:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T06:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/heat-powered-electronics\/14241\/"},"modified":"2010-02-18T01:39:06","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T06:39:06","slug":"researchers-harness-heat-to-power-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/336836","title":{"rendered":"Researchers harness heat to power electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/bodyheat.jpg\" alt=\"The heat from the human body could be harvested to run low power electronic devices \"><\/p>\n<p>Efforts to capture energy from the human body usually focus on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/the-etive-kinetic-energy-charger-gives-power-walking-a-whole-new-meaning\/11750\/\" >harnessing the kinetic energy<\/a> of the body&#8217;s movement. However the human body is also generating energy in the form of heat that could also be used to run low power electronic devices. New energy-scavenging systems under development at MIT could generate electricity just from differences in temperature between the body (or other warm object) and the surrounding air&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/electricity\/\" rel=\"tag\">Electricity<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/energy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Energy<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/heat\/\" rel=\"tag\">Heat<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/low-power\/\" rel=\"tag\">Low-power<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/mit\/\" rel=\"tag\">MIT<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/temperature\/\" rel=\"tag\">Temperature<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/wearable\/\" rel=\"tag\">Wearable<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/7731\/\">The human battery: turning body heat into electric power<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/human-body-heat-building-stockholm\/8792\/\">Human bodies turn up the heat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/rubber-sheets-harness-body-movement-power-electrical-devices\/14001\/\">Rubber sheets harness body movement to power electrical devices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/energy-efficiency-breakthroughs-at-mit-and-berkeley\/8790\/\">Energy efficiency breakthroughs at MIT and Berkeley <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/nanogenerator-ipod-charger\/11364\/\">New nanogenerator could charge iPods and cell phones with a wave of the hand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/heel-strike-generators-to-harness-pedestrian-power\/9518\/\">Heel-strike generators to harness pedestrian power<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jBKtAgr_wTxKM-5RNwG_DEMCPDA\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jBKtAgr_wTxKM-5RNwG_DEMCPDA\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jBKtAgr_wTxKM-5RNwG_DEMCPDA\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jBKtAgr_wTxKM-5RNwG_DEMCPDA\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=lps4KOcBGVA:FaGh8mmivcc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=lps4KOcBGVA:FaGh8mmivcc:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=lps4KOcBGVA:FaGh8mmivcc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=lps4KOcBGVA:FaGh8mmivcc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=lps4KOcBGVA:FaGh8mmivcc:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=lps4KOcBGVA:FaGh8mmivcc:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=lps4KOcBGVA:FaGh8mmivcc:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/lps4KOcBGVA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts to capture energy from the human body usually focus on harnessing the kinetic energy of the body&#8217;s movement. 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