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Electricity Out of Thin Air

We Have Concerns

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The Importance of Rescalability in Renewable Energy

The Amherst team created a tiny film of bacteria that absorbed water from the air and then seeped electricity into an electrode. The technology could be used to charge larger devices, like cameras or watches. It's not clear if it would work for other types of energy sources such as solar power in the future.

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