What is Really Happening...

  • This circuit is harvesting ambient radiation form radio waves in the environment. These waves are produced by all of the electrical appliances around us. (i.e. laptops, televisions, ect. )

  • Using frequency (f) and Planck's constant (h) we get that the total amount of energy in a wave is E=hf. 

  • Any time current is passing through a wire we build an electrical field. Because Energy is never created or destroyed, the energy we lose from this transmission may be harvested from the air. The antenna on the circuit is able to tune in to the ambient radiation and collect it in the circuit's capacitors.


  • The problem with the current circuit design is that it lacks the ability to harvest enough of this lost energy to be useful. A better antenna would increase the circuit's ability to harvest the ambient radiation.


 
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