Scientists Working to Generate Electricity From Thin Air Make Breakthrough

[staarker]

cientists have invented a device that can continuously generate electricity from thin air, offering a glimpse of a possible sustainable energy source that can be made of almost any material and runs on the ambient humidity that surrounds all of us, reports a new study.

The novel “air generator,” or Air-gen, is made from materials with holes that are under 100 nanometers in length, which is a scale thousand times smaller than a human hair. This design can pull electricity from water droplets in the air for much longer periods than previous concepts, the researchers report, suggesting that it could eventually provide a continuous and sustainable source of power. Researchers hope the technique could eventually help to fight climate change by serving as an alternative to fossil fuels.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kade/ ... eakthrough

[ricky1874]

This sounds great but is anything really going to come of it? If you can't make any money off of it, who's going to invest in this research? And if it is successful, imagine what kind of damage it will do to the fuel driven companies.

[crazy_nut]

Whoever is involved in doing this research needs to watch out for themselves. Research like this could affect a lot of people's money. And when you mess with people's money(especially corporations) bad things usually happen to you

[blaqcrow]

Sounds good on paper and if they manage to make it work, what could be the downsides? I would imagine disrupting the air too much can cause other problems.