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Not all electric devices need external power. Take this pacemaker. Or the battery-free hearing aid recently developed at China’s Huazhong University. Key to the device is a microporous membrane relying on piezoelectric and triboelectric effects, meaning it generates current when under pressure and an electrical charge upon frictional contact. Tiny nanoparticles are housed within the cavities of the finished...

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