Laptops powered through typing to provide you with ever-lasting battery

Do you wish to have a laptop without a charger and want it to run whole day non stop ? Well, now it seems in the sight of possibility. According to the new research by Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), innovations like self-powered portable electronics and ever lasting batteries discovered with the help of upgraded technology came one step closer to reality. The concept behind this states that the mechanical power generated by the process of typing is to be converted to electrical form that can be later utilized to charge the battery of the device.

Laptops powered by typing

The phenomenon of piezoelectricity was discovered in 19th century. It has come far from then and now it shows how it can do wonders for portable devices. Dr. Madhu Bhaskaran, who is the lead co-author of this research, says that as compared to the already studied piezoelectric bulk or block materials the research on thin films is comparatively new and bring a whole new dimension to self-rechargeable portable electronics.

The research team believes that this piezoelectric film’s can be practically embedded within existing technological products. The amount of energy generated to charge a laptop is a lot higher that what this concept delivers currently. Although, Dr. Bhaskaran is positive about this technology landing in commercial scale in a time span of 5 years. The RMIT research team now has the task to amplify the produced current to make it enough to charge a portable device.

How far this will be successful is not known now, but it definitely seems interesting to have the ability to charge electronics without any external power source. The team is also working on making it usable for ultraportable devices such as mobile phones or tablets.

Via: Gizmag