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Human voltage: del cuerpo al circuito | Diego Galavíz | TEDxUNAM


there was in the words of nikola tesla the

energy is found everywhere in

the universe is only a matter of time

so that we succeed in our

devices and we can take advantage of it

this idea was what led me to the

construction design research

a prototype capable of taking advantage of

of our body’s energy for

generate electricity

and that is how many of us see the

body as something that only serves to

consume and not to generate as it started

this

this started in the first weeks in

my first semester in the faculty of

engineering of those nights that to all

it has happened to us that he can not sleep

is rambling and thinking about this

ramble and think out of nowhere record of

on electronic refrigeration

if I know that you all fall asleep

thinking about electronic refrigeration

and thus fall asleep

well I did later investigated

a little more of this physical phenomenon and

I tried to see if it could be done to the

reverse ie from

different temperatures can generate

an electric current and yes with a

phenomenon that was discovered more than

200 years a phenomenon called

effect if you are going to fight this effect that is

very good when passing a current

electrical by a semiconductor material

as silicon the electrons flow

free from a high density area to

a low density expand and

cause a temperature difference

complicated a lot how does this work

he tried to design a jacket

prototype capable of taking advantage of

difference of temperatures between our

body and the environment

seeing our body as a

device that is at a temperature

let’s say constant and to the environment

it’s a variable temperature and take advantage

a small part of this energy

irradiated in the form of heat to generate

electric current and so turn on a

led by means of a jacket

all this with the idea of ​​seeing the human

not as something that only consumes but as

a potential source of energy in the

with this idea he also designed a

shoe with a piezoelectric material

which is a fact that already has studies

more advanced and applications already in the

real life that from the

deformation of this material is generated

an electric current that can be

take advantage of the shoe was designed a

special sole with a circuit that

rectify the signal and mela

multiply to be able to load a

cell phone

well after approximately

Two hours of walking could be loaded

a mid-range cell phone between

12 and 18 percent of its capacity

total

all this idea of ​​seeing ourselves as something that

can generate electrical energy us

can carry very far can take us

a new era

in terms of clean energies in terms of

to energy autonomy

and it is that there are so diverse applications

ranging from the construction of

materials for home to the field

space or the metro there is a

difference huge temperatures in the

inside and outside

if you could take advantage of this energy

it would be fantastic and it is that while

still the materials are not yet very

efficient you can get to this what

same if not many years ago certain

energies that today rebound as

better as the future of energy in

our planet

so just imagine what we can

come with this idea of ​​seeing our

body shall the human as a source

of clean energy

albert said well to this one in there

an energy more powerful than

nuclear power more powerful than

electricity and it is the human will

Thank you

[Applause]

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