Have you ever thought about how much energy we waste during a day? We open doors, turn off lights, and close cabinets—and for what? For it to turn into motion and leave forever? Seems inefficient. But, what if it didn’t have to be that way? Could we harness that energy and use it to power our homes, schools, and businesses? Well, a team of engineers from Texas A&M and UCLA wanted to do just that, and they recently published a paper describing their solution. It’s a new app that helps people with little to no tech experience design and build 3D printed kinetic machines so they too can capture the ambient energy from their homes and power small sensors and devices.
