Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 21 days agoNew nanogenerators offer 140x power density, could replace solar cellsinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNew nanogenerators offer 140x power density, could replace solar cellsinterestingengineering.comPete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-221 days agoNo and no. Electrical generators/motors are already nearly perfect. The difference here it that these ones are already really tiny. Oh, and it says nothing about if they can build them any way except manually one at a time.
minus-squarePete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days agoYou have to admit, making them self-replicating would be pretty cool … for a time.
No and no. Electrical generators/motors are already nearly perfect. The difference here it that these ones are already really tiny. Oh, and it says nothing about if they can build them any way except manually one at a time.
You have to admit, making them self-replicating would be pretty cool … for a time.