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Where does the energy come from? How do you recharge it?
 
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Where does the energy come from? How do you recharge it?
It uses humidity out of the air, which reacts with the "generator":

"A combination of the electrical conductivity and surface chemistry of the protein nanowires, coupled with the fine pores between the nanowires within the film, establishes the conditions that generate an electrical current between the two electrodes."
 

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OK but what is the "genertor" or more particularly where does the "generator" get its energy from? What is its "prime mover?
 
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I'm not a scientist, but it sounds like a chemical reaction between the water/humidity and the protein nanowires.

If you do additional research and learn anything more definitive, please share!
 

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The article doesn't say much but the implication is that the energy source is the water. The problem is that water comes from combining the hydrogen in a "fuel" with oxygen which releases energy. Water represents the energy depleted state. Energy is stored when hydrogen and oxygen are pulled apart and released when they come together. Think of a pair of magnets.

You can get energy from water by supplying enough energy to it to pull it apart and then force the two hydrogen's together so closely they fuse but it is silly to think that anything like that is happening here (cold fusion, anyone?).

If I saw this on YouTube I just shrug and say "OK, another perpetual motion machine" but this is the University of Massachussets so I'll attribute the problem to bad journalism.
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