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Scientists recently observed two
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in the process got a “kick” that flung
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Me, scooting my shocks on the floor, looking for my next

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[–] 233C 22 points 9 hours ago 

The real question is "how long does it take for the device to produce the equivalent of the energy
used to produce it in the first place?"

My guess is that more than a way to extract energy to "power a wearable device", those should be
seen as "batteries" that have "stored energy" during their manufactoring, and off which a fraction
can be recovered over their lifetime. We can then discuss on the fraction.
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[–] Smokeeye123 5 points 8 hours ago 

AR going to be the biggest tech milestone since cellphones probably. Only hurdle is getting it to
work with like normal glasses and not some giant annoying wearable. This seems like it could be a
good step.
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[–] cittatva 1 point an hour ago 

Meh. Kids these days…

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[–] Professorbubba 3 points 4 hours ago  

Prototype Fleshlights are currently powering Liverpool.

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[–] nick_browny 8 points 9 hours ago 

Could something like this one day be used on tires to reduce energy consumption while driving?
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[–] 233C 20 points 9 hours ago 

about as much as putting small wind turbines on the roof of your electric car.
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[–] Professorbubba 2 points 4 hours ago 

Found Elon's secret account.

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[–] ichabod01 1 point 7 hours ago 

So both of them. And also inhaling facing forward while exhaling facing backwards.
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[–] Forest-Ferda-Trees 3 points 8 hours ago 

It's incredibly unlikely the fabric would be able to have enough efficiency to generate more
power than the increased drag would use, that's disregarding all the other parts of the
system that would lose energy before getting power to the wheels.
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[–] shouldbebabysitting 4 points 7 hours ago 

It's incredibly unlikely the fabric would be able to have enough efficiency to
generate more power than the increased drag would use

Not unlikely but impossible. It becomes a free energy device if it could.

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[–] AVeryMadFish 2 points 6 hours ago 

The vehicle would be providing all the energy in that situation, so it would just be
recycling the energy it just spent to move the tires, losing energy all along the way .
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[–] cameronedwards69 2 points 7 hours ago 

Cool now do this for waves in the ocean

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[–] Professorbubba 1 point 4 hours ago 

Google wave power generation, not a new idea.
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Always wondered: can the pendulums, used in automatic watches, not be used to recharge a
battery? I understand the watch would become thicker, but would it not be possible?
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[–] Parenn [score hidden] 24 minutes ago 

They capture (from the wearer’s movement) minuscule amounts of energy, so it wouldn’t
amount to enough to notice.
Imagine how much energy it takes to wind a watch; that’s the amount of energy they can
capture in an entire day.
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[–] Tainticle 1 point 2 hours ago 

Time to get tribbing
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