Generator

Generator may refer to:

Signal generator, electronic devices that generate repeating or non-repeating electronic signals

Electric generator, a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy

Generator (circuit theory), an element in an abstract circuit providing a source of electricity

Engine-generator, an electric generator with its own engine

Wearable generator, a hypothetical generator that can be worn on the human body

Gas generator a device, often similar to a solid rocket or a liquid rocket that burns to produce large volumes of relatively cool gas.

Motor–generator, a device for converting electrical power to another form

Mathematics

A member of a generating set

Generator matrix, a matrix used in coding theory

Generator (category theory) of a category, in category mathematics

Generator (groups), group generators in abstract algebra

Infinitesimal generator (stochastic processes), in stochastic analysis

Computing

Generator (computer programming), a routine that acts like an iterator

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Smart infrastructure to harvest energy from roads

The Engineer 11 Nov 2019

Researchers from Lancaster University’s Department of Engineering will design, fabricate and test smart roads that generate power using piezoelectricity and hydromechanical dynamics from passing cars, trucks and buses ... “We see these next-generation energy harvesting road surfaces as an important part of future smart cities.”....

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What Makes E-Cigarette Popular?

Manila Bulletin 24 Sep 2019

E-cigarette became popular between 2004-2007 in Asia and other countries after a Chinese pharmacist, Hon Lik, created the first generation e-cigarette that used a piezoelectric element to vaporize the liquid... ....

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Old El Paso launches pop-up where you can get free fajitas and margaritas if you talk while you’re there

Metro UK 31 Aug 2019

The pop-up is quite literally fuelled by the chat; the sound is channelled through converters, which will generate small amounts of electricity ... So, how is the electricity generated?. Old El Paso will be using piezoelectric technology and specialist microphones, which are placed at each table, and linked to a virtual battery....

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Why Washing Machines Are Learning to Play the Harp

The Atlantic 13 Aug 2019

NBC’s iconic chimes ... [ Read ... earcon ... In the 1950s and ’60s, advances by Japanese manufacturers in piezoelectric technology—squeezing crystals between metal plates to generate energy—helped usher bleeps into the consumer market ... Arbeeny sees her work as battling ill-considered walls of noise, and improving upon the clunky piezoelectric blurts of old....

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Microbots could carry sensors and perform medical functions

The Engineer 19 Jul 2019

They can be powered by vibrations from on-board piezoelectric generators, ultrasound sources or audio speakers ... While the piezoelectric actuators can provide the vibration to move the robots, they can also be used to generate a voltage which the team believes could be used to ......

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E-tattoo that tracks your heart is getting developed

The Times of India 25 Jun 2019

Most of the fitness tracking wearable devices that found today come with a heart rate tracking monitor ... This also means that PVDF, a piezoelectric polymer, can offer constant heart rate monitoring. The PVDF also generates an electric charge in response to mechanical stress ... ....

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New e-tattoo for accurate, uninterrupted heart monitoring

The Siasat Daily 22 Jun 2019

Washington ... The research was published in the journal ‘Advanced Science’ ... Like a form of quality control, the SCG indicates the accuracy of the ECG readings ... Lu and her team’s e-tattoo is made of a piezoelectric polymer called polyvinylidene fluoride, capable of generating its own electric charge in response to mechanical stress ... ANI....

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New e-tattoo technology for uninterrupted heart monitoring

Deccan Chronicle 22 Jun 2019

Huston ... The electrocardiogram (ECG) method records the rates of electrical activity produced each time the heart beats ... Lu and her team's e-tattoo is made of a piezoelectric polymer called polyvinylidene fluoride, capable of generating its own electric charge in response to mechanical stress ... .......

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Stretchy e-tattoo measures ECG and SCG heart activity

The Engineer 21 Jun 2019

Engineers from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a new flexible e-tattoo that measures two different types of heart activity. (Credit ... Lu and her team’s e-tattoo is made from a piezoelectric polymer called polyvinylidene fluoride, capable of generating its own electric charge in response to mechanical stress ... ....

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New technology to make heart monitoring easier

Deccan Chronicle 21 Jun 2019

The device is so lightweight and stretchable that it can be placed over the heart for extended periods with little or no discomfort ... Lu and her team's e-tattoo are made of a piezoelectric polymer called polyvinylidene fluoride, capable of generating its own electric charge in response to mechanical stress ... Follow us on Facebook, Twitter .......

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E-tattoo monitors heart health

The Hindu 21 Jun 2019

The latest e-tattoo developed by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin in the U.S ... Like a form of quality control, the SCG indicates the accuracy of the ECG readings ... Lu and her team’s e-tattoo is made of a piezoelectric polymer called polyvinylidene fluoride, capable of generating its own electric charge in response to mechanical stress....

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Switchable “hidden phase” could unlock useful properties

The Engineer 14 Jun 2019

Ice, for example, has 10 distinct phases; there are many different phases of steel, and piezoelectric materials gained their ability to generate flows of current by switching between different phases in response to external stimuli....

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How a quartz watch works

Boing Boing 24 May 2019

How do quartz watches keep time? Steve Mould gives a great demonstration explaining how they work. Quartz is piezoelectric, which means when it is deformed it generates an electrical signal. A quartz watch has a tiny quartz tuning fork that's been calibrated to vibrate at 215 cycles per second ... ....