We've all talked about an Internet of things, but there are huge bottlenecks––like the fact that our battery technology is stagnant, and mining all that lithium is horrible for our environment. So long as battery technology continues to be so disappointing, the design of our future will suffer. But what if we could create energy without the batteries through the simple gestures we already make? Paper Generators are the latest breakthrough out of Disney Research, by M. Emre Karagozler, Ivan Poupyrev, and Yuri Suzuki. They're essentially pieces of paper that you touch, rub, or slide to generate enough power to do everything from light LEDs to activate an eBook screen. You'll see several more examples in the video above. My overall goal is to make the whole world interactive.If there's something truly incredible at play here, it's "the simplicity of the designs," explains researcher Ivan Poupyrev: "This simplicity leads to countless applications enabling interactivity everywhere and anytime. My overall goal is to make the whole world interactive, and creating ubiquitous power supplies is a key step in that direction."Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]