Tiny Sun Tap

Fujitsu Laboratories is looking towards micro-energy harvesting as the next trend in alternative energy technology. Without electronic wiring, or batteries, Fujitsu's device utilizes not only one source of energy like current solar and thermal hybrids, but garners energy from mulitiple sources such as light, vibration, and heat.  This allows for it to have increased user ability and effectiveness as an alternate device.

The device is made out of completely organic material with high generating efficiency, giving it the ability to operate under a number of settings, and is capable of producing power from indoor lighting and body heat. Since the material and processing cost is so low, Fujitsu believes that production costs will be equally as cheap.

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