Back in 2010, a seminal ‘Power Posing’ study from Columbia University and Harvard University in the US revealed : “That a person can, by assuming two simple 1-min poses, embody power and instantly become more powerful has real-world, actionable implications.” The research team found that ‘Power Posing’ not only had effects on observers of the […]
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The Choo Lab’s Humming Generator
Many research groups across the world are in the process of developing so-called ‘Energy Harvesting’ (EH) techniques to extract electrical energy from human actions. (see for example, Implementing a knee-energy harvester). The Choo Lab at Caltech specializes in such things, and researchers there have recently developed a system which is designed to power portable electronic […]
The Artificial Tree Electric Generator (patent)
HRL Laboratories – formerly the (Howard) Hughes Research Laboratories – have just been granted a US patent for their ‘Power generation through artificial transpiration ‘ invention. The power system – which could perhaps be described as an ‘artificial tree’ – generates power by drawing water through a turbine, driven by pressure differences caused by transpiration […]
Of powered paper airplanes, and the great outdoors
Paper airplanes are a tradition at the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, dating back to the ceremony’s earliest years. Technology has now advanced to the point where it necessary, for safety, to place a technological limitation on ceremonial flight. An inventive little tiny leap in electromechanical engineering has brought powered flight — that is powered […]