Wringing watts from waves a high schooler's invention turns water motion into "juice".
Generating electricity from wave power is an old idea that gained new life when the quest for alternative energy sources began in the 1970s. This paper describes how the 17-year-old, Aaron Goldin, found an elegant way to do the job with a buoy, a gyroscope, and a generator. Goldin invented the "...
Published in: | IEEE spectrum 42, 4 (2005). |
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