The scheme has also attracted interest as a possible long-term power source for a manned mission to Mars.
Dr Cui hopes in the future only a 9-volt power source will be needed.
The feature allows a fully depleted battery to be charged to 80 percent capacity in 30 minutes using a 480-volt power source.
The idea is to attach a patch of the stuff to tents, so soldiers in the field have a built-in power source.
With a 1200mAh battery power bank, users can charge their phones via USB while they stream or use the speaker as a back-up power source on the go.
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Such solutions are clearly some way off commercial development, but with Apple rumored to be designing its hotly-anticipated iWatch around a power source based on kinetic and solar power, a battery-free world isn't such a distant dream.
The current model of robo-fly is tethered to a small, off-board power source but Dr Ma says the next step will be to miniaturise the other bits of technology that will be needed to create a "fully wireless flying robot".
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The engineers found a way to kick-start a radio-frequency device wirelessly using an external power source initially, but running the device afterward on the output of power generated by the inner ear.
To get around this problem, Friend turned to a piezoelectric power source--crystals that produce electricity when under pressure.
The switch to Sunoco Green E15, the official fuel of NASCAR and a renewable, low-carbon power source, reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 20% compared with unleaded gas.
The device includes a fixed micro-USB connector and a pop-out flexible cable to plug into your computer or another power source.
Coal-fired power plants are a big source of particle pollution.
Among them: an agreement for the United States to assist China in improving its "clean coal technology" at its growing number of coal-fired power plans, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Impressed by arguments that nuclear energy is a proven source of low-carbon power, and worried about the dependence on foreign fossil fuels caused by the decline of North Sea oil and gas, the government has been preparing the ground for a nuclear revival.
For added convenience, the SL30 is powered by easily available, AA alkaline batteries, assuring end-users that they can find a replaceable power source no matter where they may be.
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In this case, however, the front electric motor-which is now supplied with energy by the TDI engine-operates exclusively as a generator and a power source for the electric motor at the rear.
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The wind industry has largely been out-competed by natural gas, which has proved to be a clean, reliable and cheap power source for the future without subsidies or even venture-capital funding.
And when the battery charge runs low, the British supercar switches to an alternative power source, a pair of 77-pound micro-turbines that serve as onboard generators.
No. 3 contains 32 MOX fuel rods, or about 5 percent of the total, according to Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, an anti-nuclear power organization which is considered a credible source of information.
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At the same time Yury Boiko, the Ukrainian energy minister, has high hopes that shale gas -- formed deep underground within large shale rock formations -- could also be a major alternative source of power in the decades to come.
However, it said that if insects were to be equipped with control mechanisms and other add-on kit, the equipment would require a power source.
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CHP, or cogeneration, is not a single technology but rather a suite of technologies that can be mixed and matched in many ways to provide high-efficiency, low-emissions source of heat and power from a single process.
But ubiquitous digital consumer data, cheap computing power and open-source software have created a tremendous opportunity for smart marketers to change the research game.
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However, it is important to think about ways to reward nuclear for its unique contribution to the U.S. generation mix as a source of reliable power generation with low greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Now all 14 of its 'berths' - areas of sea connected by cable to the shore - are booked, a sign of growing interest in this fledgling source of power.
It is a source of base load, low-carbon and largely fixed-cost power for many utilities.
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Electricity will be the primary power source of the car, although when that runs low a gas-powered mode will enable driving for hundreds of additional miles.
Hadoop is rising to prominence in an era of ubiquitous cloud computing and proven models for Software-as-a-Service, which dilute the power of some of the traditional models for commercializing open source.
Not everyone is convinced that wind-power is the most reliant route to clean, renewable carbon-free energy, and it is concerning that Britain is relying on a power source that must be backed up by more constant technologies such as nuclear, coal, or gas, because the wind blows inconsistently, as is its nature.
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