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It's Raining Energy
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2-9-2008 8:30 PM
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energy
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rain
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ecological
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solar power
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New technology to get energy from rain drops.
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In the <A target="_blank" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/04/13/solarcells_tec.html">sun</A>, wind, and now rain.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/07/raindrops-energy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/739A44B6-B217-4712-B3CF-14DF640555B2" alt="Every Drop Counts" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/07/raindrops-energy.html">Researchers have developed a technique that harvests energy from rain showers and converts it into electricity. The technology could work in industrial air conditioning systems, where water condenses and drops like rain.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/07/raindrops-energy.html">It could also be used in combination with <A target="_blank" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/06/vatican_tec.html">solar power</A> to scavenge as much energy from the environment as possible, or to power tiny, wireless sensors designed to monitor environmental conditions.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/07/raindrops-energy.html">It's just a system that can be used where solar energy is difficult to exploit</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/07/raindrops-energy.html">embedded electrodes into a thin membrane of PVDF, just 25 micrometers thick (it takes 1,000 micrometers to make one millimeter). 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