They’re different. The piezoelectric effect converts pressure to charge. However steam is just kinetic with an extra step
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
I like piezoelectrics and kinetic generators. The only two methods of generating electricity I know of that don’t involve steam other than solar panels.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 months ago
frezik@midwest.social 6 months ago
Piezoelectric effect is when you vibrate certain crystals and they give off electricity. It’s also reversible. You can feed them electricity to generate sound. The beep-boop from electronic devices is usually from a piezo speaker, because they’re dirt cheap.
You don’t get significant amounts of power out of it, though.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah it’s quartz lol
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Yeah. The one thing I ever saw that has me excited for a product that could exist, is that they can power a simple OLED display. And since an OLED display can be paper thin, they could put one in a t-shirt and you could have an animated design on your shirt instead of just a static picture. And that would be dope.
skye@lemmy.world 6 months ago
and then you also have to find ways to wash this shirt without ruining the electronics of it
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Dry cleaning.