Aug 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Wearable human-machine interface devices, HMIs, can be used to control machines, computers, music players, and other systems. A challenge for conventional HMIs is the presence of sweat on human skin. In Applied Physics Reviews ("A programmable magnetoelastic sensor array for self-powered human-machine interface"), scientists at...
Scientists improve the power output of triboelectric nanogenerators with carbon particles
Aug 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Most of us have felt the shock from static electricity by touching a metallic object after putting on a sweater or walking across a carpet. This occurs as a result of charge build-up whenever two dissimilar materials (such as our body and the fabric) come...