Vibrating kettles - power stations of the future

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Researchers at Bristol University want to harness power of vibration to provide free energy

A team at Bristol University hopes to harvest kinetic energy from vibrating household appliances and vehicles in order to use it as a clean source of commercial electricity within five years. The concept...

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