He also introduced her to his collaborator in piezoelectricity, Pierre. From Wordnik.com. [Lippmann's and Gabor's Revolutionary Approach to Imaging] Reference
This incredible concept for a self-heating piezoelectric shower combines inspiration from the human body’s circulatory system with technological innovations in piezoelectricity. From Wordnik.com. [2010 April | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World] Reference
A quick explanation of piezoelectricity from Wikipedia. From Wordnik.com. [Transforming the Wind’s Vibrations into Electricity | Impact Lab] Reference
Pierre and his brother Paul-Jacques Curie, both prominent physicists working on piezoelectricity and physics of crystals, provided the necessary apparatus. 11. From Wordnik.com. [Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna] Reference
We are creating a cross-language gamespace that includes spaces that explore biomimicry, piezoelectricity, alternative energy sources, propulsion systems and self-generating batteries. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-17] Reference
To illustrate, we'll begin by saying that “Capability Brown” likes to send us information on piezoelectricity after seeing how interested we are in the material as an alternative, human-generated energy source. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
These other projects include a Japanese train station whose ticketing gates are embedded with piezo pads and Elizabeth Redmond's PowerLeap, both of which also investigate the potential of piezoelectricity and, in the case of these two, how can be spatialized on an urban scale. From Wordnik.com. [Elastic] Reference
Marie had primarily studied physics, receiving the Diplôme de licence ès sciences physiques (1893), and a year later, a licence in mathematics as well. 17 Pierre had received his licence in physics from the Sorbonne in 1877 and in the early 1880s, collaborating with his brother, discovered the phenomenon of piezoelectricity. From Wordnik.com. [Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna] Reference
French sidewalk generates piezoelectricity to power streetlights. From Wordnik.com. [Ecofriend] Reference
Wang has been developing devices based on nanowires that exhibit piezoelectricity. From Wordnik.com. [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference
We also know that pressure or piezoelectricity can be converted to electrical energy. From Wordnik.com. [Articles of Health] Reference
Known as piezoelectricity, this effect is commonly witnessed in guitar pickups and loudspeakers. From Wordnik.com. [Medindia Health News] Reference
Can piezoelectricity be very dangerous if a very large mechanical force generates it? en Español. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
For example, Pierre pressed crystals along their axes to produce an electric charge called piezoelectricity. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
ETTRICK -- Keith Nixon talked passionately yesterday about piezoelectricity, windmill farms and a dam for hydropower. From Wordnik.com. [News for Richmond Times-Dispatch] Reference
There are thoughts that piezoelectricity could be generated with the use of special tiles placed in strategic places where people walk. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
MIT researchers use virus to generate hydrogen from water using sunlight French sidewalk generates piezoelectricity to power streetlights. From Wordnik.com. [Ecofriend] Reference
Strong enough to swim through the blood stream, the micro sub also controls piezoelectricity - the same type of energy used in gas lighters. From Wordnik.com. [TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends] Reference
Eco Tech: Duke University engineers to develop system to harvest nature's motions P-Eco electric concept vehicle charges its batteries with piezoelectricity. From Wordnik.com. [Ecofriend] Reference
The goal of Zhong Lin Wang, a materials scientist at Georgia Tech, is to bring power to the nano world with minuscule generators that take advantage of piezoelectricity. From Wordnik.com. [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference
The ceramic plate generates ultrasound by employing reverse piezoelectricity, where an electric current causes the plate to expand and contract, creating the ultrasound waves. From Wordnik.com. [The Engineer - News] Reference
This incredible concept for a self-heating piezoelectric shower combines inspiration from the human body's circulatory system with technological innovations in piezoelectricity. From Wordnik.com. [Blogpulse Top Links] Reference
Pierre Curie's early work dealt with crystallography and with the effects of temperature on magnetism; he discovered (1883) and, with his brother Jacques Curie, investigated piezoelectricity (a form of electric polarity) in crystals. From Wordnik.com. [A Day In the Life] Reference
Ferroelectrics exhibit a wide range of functional properties, including high and switchable electric polarization, strong piezoelectricity, high non-linear optical activity, outstanding pyroelectricity, and notable non-linear dielectric behavior. From Wordnik.com. [physicsworld.com: all content] Reference
A research paper, published in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, details how researchers are harnessing piezoelectricity, the energy force most commonly used to trigger-start a gas stove, to produce microbot motors just 250 micrometres, a quarter of a millimetre, wide. From Wordnik.com. [Impact Lab] Reference
Professor Friend and his team began their research over two years ago in the belief that piezoelectricity was the most suitable energy force for micro-motors because the engines can be scaled down while remaining forceful enough, even at the sizes necessary to enter the bloodstream, for motors to swim against the blood's current and reach spots difficult to operate upon. From Wordnik.com. [Medgadget] Reference
Professor Friend and his team began their research over two years ago in the belief that piezoelectricity was the most suitable energy force for micro-motors because the engines can be scaled down while remaining forceful enough, even at the sizes necessary to enter the bloodstream, for motors to swim against the blood's current and reach spots difficult to operate upon. informal logic / basic critical thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Impact Lab] Reference
Labels: piezoelectricity, sound. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
Labels: energy, piezoelectricity. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
Labels: piezoelectricity, student projects. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-06-01] Reference
1) Here at Pruned, whenever one speaks of piezoelectricity, we will always be reminded first of Yusuke Obuchi's phenomenal Wave Garden. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
Wow, uh, that was pretty much my idea for charging phones using piezoelectricity in the core77 greener design competition a few years back: http://www. core77.com/competitions/GreenerGadgets/projects/4242/. From Wordnik.com. [Nokia Files Patent for Kinetically Charged Cell Phone | Inhabitat] Reference
Labels: crowds, piezoelectricity, student projects. From Wordnik.com. [Crowded] Reference
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