Paper Generators: Harvesting Energy from Touching, Rubbing Sliding

Link to project page and press release: We present a new energy harvesting technology that generates electrical energy from a user s interactions with paperlike materials. The energy harvesters are flexible, light, and inexpensive, and they utilize a user s gestures such as tapping, touching, rubbing and sliding to generate energy. The harvested energy is then used to actuate LEDs, epaper displays and other devices to create interactive application