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Futureproof Extra: Harvesting electricity from thin air

As our energy consumption continues to grow, we will need to find more and more ways to actually create the electricity we need. But soon you might be able to generate clean energy from thin air and that’s just one of the potential uses of a new device created by Dr. Jun Yao, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his team at the University of Massachusetts. He joins Jonathan to discuss.

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06.30 27 Jun 2023


Futureproof Extra: Harvesting electricity from thin air



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06.30 27 Jun 2023


As our energy consumption continues to grow, we will need to find more and more ways to actually create the electricity we need.

But soon you might be able to generate clean energy from thin air and that’s just one of the potential uses of a new device created by Dr. Jun Yao, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his team at the University of Massachusetts.

He joins Jonathan to discuss.


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