Harvest Power leaking from your Microwave Oven

@ramani-VR4O43 • Oct 25, 2024

Oct 25, 2024

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Minimalism gone bonkers!
This deserves an IgNobel Prize.
Japanese Engineers harvest 1 mW (That is right One Whole Milliwatt) from outside a working microwave:
<a href="https://gizmodo.com/other-kitchen-devices-can-harness-power-from-your-micro-1356914791" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Other Kitchen Devices Can Harness Power from Your Microwave</a>

CEan of the universe, no less.

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Saandeep Sreerambatla

@saandeep-sreerambatla-hWHU1M • Sep 25, 2013

Awesome observation indeed!

We use lot of electrical appliances and there will be some power wasted so if everything is captured and as said in the article if its power wireless then i think we can reduce half of power bills!!
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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Sep 25, 2013

Microwave is radiant power. Can be captured. Other appliances do not radiate wasted power. May be difficult to harvest.
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zaveri

@zaveri-5TD6Sk • Sep 26, 2013

sounds innovative.

but will this ever be commercialized or will it just remain a research topic for life ?
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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Sep 27, 2013

will it just remain a research topic for life
That seems to be the fate of many of these.
One definition of technology is: That which works. Many of these fail in regular use. So they remain curiosities. However, sometimes another development elsewhere leads to a success of some of these. So all may not be lost.
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zaveri

@zaveri-5TD6Sk • Sep 27, 2013

A.V.Ramani
That seems to be the fate of many of these.
One definition of technology is: That which works. Many of these fail in regular use. So they remain curiosities. However, sometimes another development elsewhere leads to a success of some of these. So all may not be lost.
One such thing is the alternate fuel for I.C engines.
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