Mister Taylor developed a system to study manufacturing.

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Krupenkin and Taylor say their system could produce up to 10 or even 20 watts of energy, which is more than enough to power most small devices.

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Dr Taylor credits this system with preventing another big blackout in his region, and says his counterparts in America's north-east could have avoided last year's blackout if they had had such a system.

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"Panasonic is proud to team up with Verizon Wireless to deliver new applications for visual communications solutions over the fastest, most advanced wireless network in the United States, " said Bill Taylor, president of Panasonic System Networks Company of America.

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