Solar power, wind turbine and geo-thermal enthusiasts, step aside:
Scientists have managed to harness the energy-producing power of hamsters by fitting them with tiny detector jackets.
The devices are strapped to the animals as they run on their cage wheels, capturing the biomechanical energy they release as they exercise.
Experts believe the technique could one day be used to capture power produced by humans.
Dr Zhong Lin Wang of Georgia University's Nano Research Group developed the flexible jackets, which are fitted with wires plugged into a nanogenerator that produces energy when they are bent and stretched.
In tests one hamster named Campbell's Dwarf produced small amounts of AC power – around one twentieth of the output of an AA battery.
ok so now imagine using this technology on the surface of a car as it goes down the road small fibers on the cars skin swing back and forth generating power as the car travels forward .
Bit by bit piece by piece this crazy dream to give the power back to the people is becoming more and more possible!
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