Comments for Material Turns Sound Waves Into Electricity at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 17 out of 17 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Sat, 25 May 2013 05:59:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-48003 can we convert it with sound of machine like sound of train or car or other vehicles?. why we are not using this technique? if we use this then we doesn't need of nuclear power plant - Chinmay.Agnihotri Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:31:34 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-47861 [b][/b]I work at a Uneveraty of Science in Benford. This artical must be quite old, as sound electricity has been around since late 1999. Maybe you want to start thinking about the extraction of energy from plants, the impact of rain on a surface, or candles that generate electricity as they burn. Scientists have. Humans are amazing creatures that are one of the most complex organisms in nature. We are hugely advanced life forms, but still need to realize that life forms, no matter how complex, cannot live with a destroyed Earth. So really, we first need to make sure our lives will go on before making things to make life easier. - Hazelevesque Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:27:27 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-47851 when i was talking to one of my friend suddenly the idea came in my mind about using the disturbing sound around us (the noise) to generate electricity and i started google it out and found this page. m really surprised that people are already thinking about it. one day we will be able to use this noise to generate electricity - kamran Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:06:34 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-46685 Simply google piezoelectric transducer. You'll find that vibratory and acoustic noise has been converted to electrical energy for decades. It is the very method used to measure vibratory motion in industrial machines. Today, a peizoelectric crystal is used. Before that (and continuing today), small linear generators called velocity probes were used for the same purpose. Those shaker style flashlights work like the velocity probe, and can generate significant power. The world is generally sperical, not flat, in case you missed that too. - Galen Thu, 31 May 2012 04:03:28 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-45592 but yeah, we gotta improve it still, until we harness more energy that is sufficient enough to make it it functional - MARKZEUS Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:00:29 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-44830 you think you can't convert voice (vibrations) to power ? read about Edison's Vocal Engine, or phonomotor. just by talking into his machine he could also drill a hole through a board. imagine what politicians could do ! - gary Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:48:35 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-40641 i know some day we will use sound as a source of energy for the future. we just have to dig in to it and have more researches about it. ;) - novie farrofo Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:18:13 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-38580 I had a dream last night that I was using the sound from my voice to charge my phone. When I woke up I couldn't remember my dream until about 3 today. Then it hit me, I thought I had the most briliant idea. So I started to check and see if sound waves could be used to create electricity, and I found this web page. I started to read it and couldn't believe someone had already been workin on it, so now Im kinda pissed. oh well, life goes on. - Ryan Ojeda Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:22:05 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-24588 This idea may become a bit more interesting when you consider capturing a wide range of infared radiation (heat) and converting it first to the optimum frequency of sound (using nanotech) to produce electricity in certain extreme environments. Maybe deep space. Significantly more interesting? Not sure. Just throwing it out there. - Kerry Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:05:05 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-22860 This reminds me of a minature version of the Dragon Power Station, from Ontario-based Renewable Energy Group. Their technology captures kinetic energy from heavy vehicles as they pass over plates in roadways, then converts that energy to DC electricity. You can't stick that in your ear, but . . . - Tom Witkin Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:00:47 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-22333 What about creating walls or banks of "panels" coated in this material, adjacent to airports, highways, and even beaches? Not to mention, loud rock concerts or Times Square! - Trent Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:07:20 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-21560 [b]Yes, if we can get this more fully developed into cellphone technology, I would be a happy camper.[/b] - Erica Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:29:46 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-21488 If this could be harnessed for cellphones I think that would be a great development! - Meredith Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:24:42 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-21485 This technology has been around for quite some time in the US navy with the use of sound powered phones for internal shipboard communique. Interesting application though! - David Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:42:26 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-21483 This reminds me of an article in a 90's Discover issue where they made a macrosonic resonator that--surprise!--generated electricity from sound as well! Namely, the roar of some encased machine. I think that would be a better use of resources, as noise pollution actually contributes to workplace comfort. - Corban Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:51:15 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-21482 At no point in human history will we run out of ideas. Don't bet against human potential. - Justin Boland Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:42:13 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/2347#comment-21481 Read a little about sound on Wikipedia and you'll see that the power levels you're dealing with are minuscule. - Kevin Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:37:57 +0100