{"id":24708,"date":"2019-04-23T18:37:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T23:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=24708"},"modified":"2019-04-23T18:37:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T23:37:03","slug":"if-it-can-harvest-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2019\/04\/23\/if-it-can-harvest-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"If It Can Harvest Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Fast Company<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90316833\/scientists-have-discovered-a-shape-that-blocks-all-sound-even-your-co-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">notes<\/a> the invention of a new material:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A team of Boston University researchers recently stuck a loudspeaker into one end of a PVC pipe. They cranked it up loud. What did they hear? Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>How was this possible? Did they block the other end of the pipe with noise canceling foams or a chunk of concrete? No, nothing of the sort. The pipe was actually left open save for a small, 3D-printed ring placed around the rim. That ring cut 94% of the sound blasting from the speaker, enough to make it inaudible to the human ear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That sound must have been converted into something, some sort of energy. If it can be harvested, this could be really cool.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine recharging your phone&#8217;s battery by shouting at it a few times.<\/p>\n<p>Or putting this material on your roof and harvesting the noise of jets going by overhead. All of a sudden, those houses near the runways become prime real estate.<\/p>\n<p>Snowblowers become silent.<\/p>\n<p>And then lion&#8217;s learn about this and become silent, too. It&#8217;s amazing what evolution comes up with, so don&#8217;t laugh. At least, wait until you&#8217;re in a locked room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast Company notes the invention of a new material: A team of Boston University researchers recently stuck a loudspeaker into one end of a PVC pipe. They cranked it up loud. What did they hear? Nothing. How was this possible? Did they block the other end of the pipe with \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2019\/04\/23\/if-it-can-harvest-energy\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24708"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24710,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24708\/revisions\/24710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}