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I got this really unbelievable news while reading this new Green site and i want to share it all my readers. Who knows that a small creature can generate energy that is useful for mankind? Yes, there is. Here the news from the Global Green Portal.

Researchers at Georgia Tech have recently begun experimenting with a nanogenerator fitted to a hamster, which generates miniscule amounts of electricity as the creature moves. The nanogenerator consists of a jacket, to which a flexible plastic sheet embedded with zinc-oxide nanowires is attached. As the hamster moves, the plastic and nanowires flex, this in turn generates a small electrical charge–about one nanowatt of power.
Although piezoelectric power generation is fairly commonplace today, one of the technology’s limitations is its need for a precise mechanical action. The Georgia Tech team’s experiment is the first of its kind capable of generating power from irregular motions: in this case, a hyperactive hamster happily scurrying about on a wheel.
While a nanowatt isn’t anywhere near what you would need for electronic devices like MP3 players, team leader Zhong Lin Wang notes that it has plenty of potential applications in the field of nanodevices, such as implantable biosensors. Such sensors would need very little amounts of power to run, which in turn can be generated by virtually any of the human body’s movements: walking, running, or even your own heartbeat, which can provide the power the device needs. Who knows? These nanogenerators could find their way into clothing fabrics, drawing energy from your morning walk to charge up your mobile devices.