New Device Converts Waste Heat Into Electricity

Physicists have developed a way to turn heat into sound and then electricity, suggesting a new way to effectively recycle waste energy.

Symko’s recycling devices are cylinder-shaped “resonators” that fit in the palm of your hand. Each cylinder contains a stack of material with a large surface area—such as metal or plastic plates, or fibers made of glass, cotton or steel wool—placed between cold and hot heat exchangers.

SOURCE:
LiveScience.com

This is a very cool and very useful technology.
Waste heat is one of the most prevalent things in technology, so devices that utilize
it to produce electricity could have a dramatic effect on technology.

Imagine a computer that has highly efficient waste-heat to electricity converters that
can convert 80% of the waste-heat to usable electricity, you could create an entirely new
kind of internal battery system.


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This might be a big boost, in more ways than one to hybrid vehicles. This could greatly expand the range of the batteries.

Good find.

they should fit clothes with this invention. my first thoughts.