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Researchers at the NASA Langley Research Center have produced an advanced electro-active materials
based transducer that can harvest orders of magnitude more energy in a given application
than traditional solutions, yielding more power to drive devices and store in batteries.
In a complementary effort, researchers have also produced the first hybrid actuator or
HYBAS system, with both an electroactive polymer and an electroactive ceramic that achieves
enhanced displacement performance from a single power supply, greatly reducing electrical
consumption while simultaneously improving mechanical displacement compared to current
state-of-the-art actuators. "Actuators and transducers, the devices, can
converge one energy form to another energy form. For the actuators and transducers based
on electromechanical mechanisms can converge mechanical energy to electrical energy or
change electrical energy to mechanical energy." Automobile, aeronautics and even mobile communication
industries could benefit from the innovative and unique HYBAS system and advanced transducers.
"Portable communication devices. We can have the power supply within the system. You don't
have to use a battery; you don't have to worry about the life of the battery. You don't have
to charge every day. " Advanced actuators and transducers. More energy
to drive devices with the added benefits of easy-adaptability and less electrical consumption.