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New nanogenerators offer 140x power density, could replace solar cells (interestingengineering.com)
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[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It would be nice for car keys and other remotes to never run out of battery. This seems like a good convenience technology, assuming it can be brought to market at comparable prices to li ion cells.