Electronics Powered by Fish Scales

Scientists are turning discarded fish scales into tiny energy harvesters.
NOTE: An earlier version of this video showed an *electromagnetic speaker* in a novelty card, NOT a piezoelectric speaker. Many thanks to viewer Dx Ka for pointing that out.
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(Original article) High-performance bio-piezoelectric nanogenerator made with fish scales:
http://bit.ly/2gdOVvU

Inside a piezoelectric novelty card: http://bit.ly/2eYaQ5j

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Anna Rothschild

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Mark Gartsbeyn

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FOOTAGE AND STILLS

Images of collagen and scientists with generator
Courtesy Dr. Dipankar Mandal

X-ray real heart beating in action
Shutterstock/SVTeam

Dead Fish
Wikimedia Commons/Jbellegaribay

Cook Fish on White Ceramic Plate
Pexels

Sashimi
Pixabay/PublicDomainPictures

Tuna fish sandwiches for the National School Lunch Program (1)
Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Department of Agriculture

Fish Sticks (11833724893)
Wikimedia Commons/EHRENBERG Kommunikation

Fish and Chips
PublicDomainPictures.net/George Hodan

Salade nicoise
Wikimedia Commons/Canterel

Image from page 442 of “Encylopédie d’historie naturelle” (Fish illustration)
Flickr/Internet Archive Book Images

Genga 05
Wikimedia Commons/Fuelbottle~commonswiki

The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management (1906) (14749262516)
Wikimedia Commons/J. Wortley Axe/Internet Archive Book Images

Wax(?) model of a dissected foot, showing tendons. Pencil an Wellcome V0008281
Wikimedia Commons/Wellcome Images

Catla catla
Wikimedia Commons/Khalid Mahmood

Dead Carp J1
Wikimedia Commons/Jamain

SFX

Cockroaches
Freesound/StateAardvark­
(used with permission from author)

Squeak Pack/squeak_10
Freesound/Corsica_S

ELECTRIC_ZAP_001
Freesound/JoelAudio

Wink
Freesound/bennychico11

DrumRoll
Wikimedia Commons/HolyGhostParty

Whip Cracks/Whip Crack 01
Freesound/CGEffex

Squeaky Dog Toy
Freesound/DANMITCH3LL

Household/Extractor Fan 02
Freesound/JarredGibb

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