Blink-powered glasses harvest mechanical energy from facial movements to power sensors

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Phys.org / ScienceDaily (tech) at 13 Oct, 17:40 UTC

From blinking and smiling to jaw clenching and eyebrow raising, faces are constantly in motion—and generating tiny amounts of energy along the way. Now, Northwestern University engineers are putting that energy to work.

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• T2Blink-powered glasses harvest mechanical energy from facial movements to power sensorsPhys.org / ScienceDaily (tech)13 Oct, 17:40