{"id":243726,"date":"2024-07-15T22:06:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T22:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/15\/raindrop-powered-generator-harvests-electricity-from-the-weather\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:40","slug":"raindrop-powered-generator-harvests-electricity-from-the-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/15\/raindrop-powered-generator-harvests-electricity-from-the-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Raindrop-powered generator harvests electricity from the weather"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Putting raindrops to work is an unusual idea<\/p>\n

Derek Croucher \/ Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

A generator that harvests the pitter-patter of raindrops can produce enough electricity to power LED lights, though it is unclear how practical it might be.<\/p>\n

Yonghui Zhang and colleagues at Dalian University of Technology in China created a device that they call a superhydrophobic magnetoelectric generator (MSMEG), which is essentially a soup tin-sized canister with a water-repelling film lid that is stuck to a coil of wire. When a raindrop hits the film, it deforms it momentarily, moving the coil relative to a magnet inside the canister and\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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