Paper Generators: Harvesting Energy from Touching, Rubbing & Sliding

Submitted by: The Two Sides Team December 4, 2013

We present a new energy harvesting technology that generates electrical
energy from a user’s interactions with paper-like materials. The energy
harvesters are flexible, light, and inexpensive, and they utilize a
user’s gestures such as tapping, touching, rubbing and sliding to
generate energy. The harvested energy is then used to actuate LEDs,
e-paper displays and other devices to create interactive applications
for books and other printed media.

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Paper Generators: Harvesting Energy from Touching, Rubbing & Sliding