Researchers Power Cell Phone With Their Voices

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posted Dec 4, 2008, 4:33 PM   by Eric M. Zeman

A team of researchers in Texas has created a new material that can use the audio signal created by your voice to create enough electricity to power a cell phone. According to them, a certain type of piezoelectric material at 21 nanometers in diameter, it can increase the energy production of that material by 100 percent. The technology could be applied to cell phones, and other low-powered electronics devices. Such devices could then operate without a battery.

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