Comments on: Power system invented for nanotechnology

By: rimey-maurivard

rimey-maurivard — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:38:21 +0000

I have a question for Dr Wang – may be you could ask him if we could use his technology for watch dials lighting (only when needed) powered by these nanowires generators which would be activated or powered by the automatic mass used in watch movements for winding the movement…?

With my best regards

By: Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion » Blog Archive » Nanotechnology in clothing harvests energy from the wearer’s movements

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:31:57 +0000

[...] Fibers made from zinc oxide nanowires can generate electrical current from low frequency mechanical motion, like body movements. Last April we noted the initial success of Prof. Z.L. Wang at Georgia Tech in using nanowires to produce electricity (Power system invented for nanotechnology). Now PhysOrg.com reports Prof. Wang’s further progress with nanotech power systems. From “Remarkable new nano-fiber clothing may someday power your iPod“: [...]

By: Alexxander Holmes-Makcrow

Alexxander Holmes-Makcrow — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:50:27 +0000

now i’m just a student at high school, but wouldn’t it be nice to find a nanobot to have the ability to improve our bodies efficiancy to above 450% cause then we could do anything MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

NERDY HOOOD!!!!!

By: Adrian Wilkins

Adrian Wilkins — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:14:46 +0000

Getting at excess ATP would require you to have intra-cellular implants. Not to mention that we don’t really have excess ATP ; it’s the final product of our energy release cycle and as such, you only have a few seconds reserve.

Now, an implant that could use lipids, most notably low-density-lipoproteins (colloquially known as “bad cholesterol”) would be both beneficial to our health and power our personal devices. Human lipid metabolism is complex, but I’d imagine an MNT system could be less complicated. It might even be worth implanting a device that does nothing but produce waste heat just for the health benefits (like the brown fat that infants use to maintain their body temperature). I wouldn’t mind – women would be slimmer and have to wear fewer clothes or overheat themselves

It’s still a long way off though. This system is orders of magnitude easier to manufacture.

By: Kyle Haviland

Kyle Haviland — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:43:05 +0000

This sounds like a good idea, but i don’t understand why nanomachines can’t run on our bodies excess ATP. I’m not a biologist, but it seems that the body already runs at 300 percent efficiency. You see it when you go to the mall and look at the general public’s trunk. Wouldn’t it be nice to have that energy produced from that bag of potato chips be the power behind your nanobots.