美国发明:利用空气为手机充电

　　Researchers believe they have discovered a device which may be able to power your phone and other electronic items from energy in the air.

　　研究人员们相信，他们已经研制出了一种新型的装置，可以利用空气中的能量为你的手机和其他的电子设备充电。

　　They have found that by harnessing energy from the air around us could potentially power wireless sensors, microprocessors and communications chips.

　　他们发现，存在于你我周围的空气里所具有的完全无公害的能量具有一种潜力，可以为无线传感设备，微型处理器以及通信电脑芯片补充电量。

　　These 'energy scavenging' devices could even be stored in places like our shoes and can be used by itself or with other generating technologies.

　　这样的“能量收集”设备可以被放置于任何的空间环境之下，甚至于是我们的鞋子之中，它能够自给自足补充电量，或者与其他的发电装置相连。

　　Manos Tentzeris, professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, said: 'There is a large amount of electromagnetic energy all around us, but nobody has been able to tap into it.'

　　Manos Tentzeris教授就职于美国坐支亚洲工业大学的电气和计算机工程学院，他说：“在我们大家的周围便存在着大量的电磁能源，不过却从没有人能够将其很好的利用起来。”

　　If a battery or a solar-collector or battery package failed completely, scavenged energy could allow the system to transmit a wireless distress signal while also maintaining critical functionalities, according to a Georgia Tech statement.

　　据佐治亚理工学院所发表的一份申明称，一旦当电池、太阳能集热器、电池组失效或故障时，能量收集器便能发出提醒的求救型号，于此同时，保持着电器关键性的功能正常运转。