Spongy wood nanogenerators make for energy-harvesting smart floors

There are untold energy sources all around us, if we can just figure out how to tap into them. Swiss researchers have now demonstrated an environmentally friendly way to make spongy wood flooring that can generate electricity with every step.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Energy, Wood, Generator, Piezoelectric, Materials, Floor, Fungus, Wearable, ETH Zurich, Empa