piezoelectric plates.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Here’s a brilliant invention that makes us wonder why all city sidewalks aren’t covered in piezoelectric tiles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Power your home with LIGHTNING! | Inhabitat] Reference

The conceived phone would charge via built-in piezoelectric generators that will convert the user’s motions into power.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nokia Files Patent for Kinetically Charged Cell Phone | Inhabitat] Reference

The partners had particular success in the integration of a material known as piezoelectric thin film (PZT) into micro-structures.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

"piezoelectric" - in layman's terms, it is capable of generating an electrical voltage whenever there is applied pressure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ubergizmo] Reference

That imbalance makes the plastic piezoelectric, meaning it changes shape when an electric field is applied.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raw Story] Reference

All have the piezoelectric ignition; including the oven.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gas Stoves with Temperature Controls] Reference

Pierre and his brother, and was based on the piezoelectric effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium] Reference

Because zinc oxide is piezoelectric, it produces a voltage when mechanically stressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Material World: February 2008] Reference

When a sound-generated vibration rattles the window, the piezoelectric patch senses it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

Then the sound waves squeeze the piezoelectric device, producing an electrical voltage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Device Turns Waste Heat Into Sound, Then Electricity | Impact Lab] Reference

The two most common technologies are piezoelectric materials, and heel strike generators.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spinnaker Tower Stairs to Generate Electricity | Inhabitat] Reference

The reverse is also true: Apply a small voltage, and a piezoelectric material will bend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference

In that case, forget the solar textiles; use piezoelectric curtains to harvest wind energy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glacier-Sailing with the Katabatic Winds] Reference

Imagine a piezoelectric siren pressed into your ear canal -- an unending electronic squeal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Posthuman Blues] Reference

I wonder if Mary Mattingly had already stitched the first ever piezoelectric heated wetsuit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Piezo Array] Reference

I just wrote a story last week about using piezoelectric materials to harvest energy from rain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Material World: February 2008] Reference

It's composed of thousands of segments, and every segment is controlled by a piezoelectric chip.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cardinal of the Kremlin]

The second frame is coupled to a device chassis by one or more additional piezoelectric elements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nokia Files Patent for Kinetically Charged Cell Phone | Inhabitat] Reference

These new windows aim to control that vibration with a combination of tiny piezoelectric patches huh?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Noise cancelling windows let you live in peace « Boy Genius Report] Reference

One such device, the Piezer, uses piezoelectric crystals that produce voltage when they are compressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robocops Come to Pittsburgh...and Bring the Latest Weaponry with Them] Reference

The piezoelectric materials vibrate a twisted microstructure inside the robot at ultrasonic frequencies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fantastic Voyage: Departure 2009] Reference

The nanowires are piezoelectric – they generate an electric current when subjected to mechanical stress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Electronic Gadgets Could One Day Be Powered By Blood Flow | Impact Lab] Reference

A break in the intricate crystal-liquid formation destroys the stone's individual piezoelectric potential.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orphan Star]

For industry, Brush made oscillographs and hypersonic analyzers, piezoelectric crystals, and other products.    From Wordnik.com.  [Electronic Wars | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference

Zinc oxide nanowires show the piezoelectric effect, producing electricity when they are under mechanical stress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medical Devices Powered by the Patient’s Own Heart | Impact Lab] Reference

In his early studies on crystallography, together with his brother Jacques, Curie discovered piezoelectric effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pierre Curie - Biography] Reference

Signs electromagnetic electrodynamic by coil electrodynamic by band piezoelectric magnetostrictive capacitive carbon.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Selected Graphical Symbols of Electrotechnology] Reference

How do you coat such small ZnO nanofibres to prevent this and how would such a coating effect the piezoelectric effect?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Material World: Fabric Friction Could Power Suit] Reference

I talked about a piezoelectric discharge triggered by the force of impact possibly producing an electrostatic signature.    From Wordnik.com.  [LCROSS Confirms "Buckets" of Water on the Moon | Universe Today] Reference

No blood flowed from those limb stumps; powerpacks, piezoelectric cascades, room-temperature superconductors lay revealed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ensign Flandry]

Such individuals may get better results from an accelerometer, a highly sensitive pedometer that uses piezoelectric crystals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health Matters] Reference

Electrical energy output by these piezoelectric elements is received in a power controller and can be applied to the battery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nokia Files Patent for Kinetically Charged Cell Phone | Inhabitat] Reference

How about piezoelectric skins to harness enough energy from anatomical deformations to power iPhones for a day's worth of tweeting?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

The so-called “piezoelectric ribbons” are made up of organic lead zirconate titanate nanoribbons placed on silicone rubber sheets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientist Develop Flexible Energy-Harvesting Rubber Sheets | Inhabitat] Reference

The more you use the phone, the more kinetic energy is turned into an electric charge through an array of tiny piezoelectric generators.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kyocera Flexible Cell Phone | Impact Lab] Reference

To assist in his experiments he constructed several delicate pieces of apparatus - balances, electrometers, piezoelectric crystals, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pierre Curie - Biography] Reference

Some of its favorites include the Digiwalker SW series from Japanese maker Yamax and the New-Lifestyles NL-2000, a piezoelectric device.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health Matters] Reference