So here's
an innovation: An umbrella that takes the kinetic energy from raindrops hitting a conductive membrane
called PDVF and transforms that energy into
electrical energy powering embedded LEDs.
1. Rain
2. PDVF membrane
gives 3. electrical energy.
Sang-Kyun Park has created a pretty awesome way to navigate a rainy night, but I can see a wider potential application, if the size of the membrane could be increased and fitted any where (or kept in a mobile state) can we not generate electricity to be used for
anything, not just LEDs?
Without being of a scientific mind and having the actual article in front of me, it is hard to say, but it certainly seems like there is the possibility to expand on this idea.
Here is a wikipedia primer on PDVF: key points to note might include it's "relative low cost" and applications such as "piping products, sheet, tubing, films, plate" and even more interestingly - as a paint! Could a roof be made of/coated with a membrane of this sort?
This page says the highest average rainfall is in Hawaii... I'd volunteer to scope out the scene there any day!
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