Comments on: New energy-efficient chips can be powered by body heat

By: The Technology Elf » New energy-efficient chips can be powered by body heat

The Technology Elf » New energy-efficient chips can be powered by body heat — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:37:36 +0000

[...] New energy-efficient chips can be powered by body heat [...]

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Tech And Time » Top Sites forTechPolitics — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:00:18 +0000

[...] New energy-efficient chips can be powered by body heat [...]

By: spuffler

spuffler — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:58:42 +0000

But don’t shuffle your feet while walking on a carpet… capacitive coupling to the ‘worn’ chips could ESD them when you discharge yourself, as you inevitably (and accidentally) will. Too many sources of ESD are able to create a few dozen volts of charge over yor body; I’ve already reset wristwatches that are based on 3.3 volt technology.