EEVblog 1383 - Human Battery Energy Harvesting BUSTED
It's peltier thermoelectric generator TEG time again!
This time the University of Colorado Boulder claim to have a new flexible TEG device you can stick on your skin that can power wearable and Internet of Things devices. It's The Matrix! and the media are lapping it up.
Can your body generate enough power for a smart watch or internet of things gadget? Dave runs the numbers...
The paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/7/eabe0586
UoC video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hexScHvEFwQ
Anton's Pretrov's channel:
https://odysee.com/@whatdamath:8
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCciQ8wFcVoIIMi-lfu8-cjQ
Matrix Powerwatch BUSTED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4OeOQtiW0w
Voltage vs Power vs Energy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdbhnmA4M9g
TEG Experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aSPopIcKLQ
Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1383-human-battery-energy-harvesting-busted/
00:00 - It's TEG time again!
00:40 - It's all over the media
01:58 - The paper
04:39 - Voltage vs Power vs Energy
06:47 - Energy Harvesting
13:20 - Bench measurements
19:20 - 100nW LOL
20:42 - Compared to a coin cell battery
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This time the University of Colorado Boulder claim to have a new flexible TEG device you can stick on your skin that can power wearable and Internet of Things devices. It's The Matrix! and the media are lapping it up.
Can your body generate enough power for a smart watch or internet of things gadget? Dave runs the numbers...
The paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/7/eabe0586
UoC video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hexScHvEFwQ
Anton's Pretrov's channel:
https://odysee.com/@whatdamath:8
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCciQ8wFcVoIIMi-lfu8-cjQ
Matrix Powerwatch BUSTED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4OeOQtiW0w
Voltage vs Power vs Energy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdbhnmA4M9g
TEG Experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aSPopIcKLQ
Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1383-human-battery-energy-harvesting-busted/
00:00 - It's TEG time again!
00:40 - It's all over the media
01:58 - The paper
04:39 - Voltage vs Power vs Energy
06:47 - Energy Harvesting
13:20 - Bench measurements
19:20 - 100nW LOL
20:42 - Compared to a coin cell battery
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#Debunking #TheMatrix #TEG