How to squeeze electricity out of crystals – Ashwini Bharathula

How to squeeze electricity out of crystals – Ashwini Bharathula

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It might sound like science fiction, but if you press on a crystal of sugar, it will actually generate its own electricity. This simple crystal can act like a tiny power source because sugar happens to be piezoelectric. Ashwini Bharathula explains how piezoelectric materials turn mechanical stress, like pressure, sound waves and other vibrations into electricity, and vice versa.

Lesson by Ashwini Bharathula, animation by Karrot Animation.

46 Comments

  1. Kedves Boldog on January 16, 2022 at 10:26 am

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
    Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but
    have eternal life. (John 3:16)

    Mert úgy szerette Isten e világot, hogy az ő egyszülött
    Fiát adta, hogy valaki hiszen ő benne, el ne vesszen, hanem
    örök élete legyen. (János 3:16)



  2. Jilligain on January 16, 2022 at 10:28 am

    Very cool! I love learning about things like this. Physics is my fav subject



  3. William Chen on January 16, 2022 at 10:30 am

    1) An experimentally proved violation of the law of consevation of energy is described in the link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAydFMDKj2Y
    2) The consumed electric energy is equal to 31.84 Joules and the generated heat is equal to 43.67 Joules. (Besides the generated heat can be even much bigger than 43.67 Joules.) 
    3) You can easily carry out these simple and cheap experiments even in your garage or even on your kitchentable and solve your personal energy problems FOREVER!
    4) We (our team) are ready to enter a suitable form of collaboration of mutual benefit for further perfection and development of our 11 (eleven) technology breakthroughs and/or for production of our 11 (eleven) technology breakthroughs on a large industrial scale.



  4. Spandan Padhee on January 16, 2022 at 10:31 am

    Love you Ted ed



  5. Riveloper, LLC Mobile App & Web Development on January 16, 2022 at 10:35 am

    Self charging keyboard



  6. Emils Slime on January 16, 2022 at 10:36 am

    Interesting



  7. Anika Roy on January 16, 2022 at 10:37 am

    can you make one on pyroelectricity as well?



  8. Deepti Kumar Roy on January 16, 2022 at 10:38 am

    Piezoelectric effect. Thank me later for saving your time.



  9. Axell Morren on January 16, 2022 at 10:40 am

    Redstone??



  10. keith k on January 16, 2022 at 10:42 am

    I remember that back in the day mica the mineral was used to make computer chips



  11. hippielongg stockings on January 16, 2022 at 10:42 am

    cool thanks for sharing



  12. 언더테일드빌의 on January 16, 2022 at 10:43 am

    We are the crystal gems



  13. Rosalinda Abeytia on January 16, 2022 at 10:43 am

    Excellent, thank you



  14. Liz I. on January 16, 2022 at 10:44 am

    This is so cool!



  15. Andrew Dowdell-Stent on January 16, 2022 at 10:45 am

    Incredible!



  16. 781 NoMeNaP on January 16, 2022 at 10:45 am

    Put them in EV car tires to increase efficiency.



  17. Jessica Valerio on January 16, 2022 at 10:46 am

    Pierre curie was getting bank not only did him and his wife discover radioactivity and finish the periodic table but he did this too …. purr



  18. Roy Rice on January 16, 2022 at 10:46 am

    Submarine radar in WWI? Nope.



  19. काला कौआ on January 16, 2022 at 10:46 am

    Work on indian books like vyamanika shastra to get knowledge



  20. Manywars Whitewolf on January 16, 2022 at 10:47 am

    It was discovered way before them



  21. Im An Introvert on January 16, 2022 at 10:47 am

    One day electrical crystals will work….. one day.



  22. KevCraft on January 16, 2022 at 10:47 am

    Shoes that charge your phone?
    Yes please!



  23. i just wanna say that on January 16, 2022 at 10:50 am

    research orgonite right now



  24. matthew Irvin on January 16, 2022 at 10:51 am

    so i need a electrical crystal navhibe that sends electricity yhrough it



  25. Franklin Bacon on January 16, 2022 at 10:52 am

    Now that I know it would cost so much to produce the material composed of crystals, I can shelve the idea. I could never save enough energy to pay back the production cost.



  26. Md Jahangir Ansari on January 16, 2022 at 10:56 am

    Thank you.This video is useful in many ways.



  27. Tony Gibson on January 16, 2022 at 10:57 am

    I can’t believe, over time, science has turned me into a friggin hippy.



  28. Allen Cross on January 16, 2022 at 10:57 am

    So the pyramids are dead batteries? We’re supposed to sugar them? To the catacombs lol



  29. Romana Merlene on January 16, 2022 at 10:58 am

    Im using Avasva instructions to make it and I do it already 🙂



  30. Yuta on January 16, 2022 at 10:59 am

    This is so fascinating !



  31. Mikayel Alikhanyan on January 16, 2022 at 11:03 am

    Can we make better electrical channels with this



  32. Mohammad Alhashash on January 16, 2022 at 11:04 am

    superb



  33. Ryan on January 16, 2022 at 11:05 am

    Piezo crystals are in acoustic guitars.



  34. Mag Matrix on January 16, 2022 at 11:05 am

    This would be perfect with metallic glass for heat pumps like nuclear plants.



  35. Amarjot Singh on January 16, 2022 at 11:06 am

    1:40 that clapping really made me look around..



  36. Yrj art on January 16, 2022 at 11:09 am

    Doctor stone



  37. Channel Happy on January 16, 2022 at 11:10 am

    Understood….thankuuuu☺



  38. AVINIER on January 16, 2022 at 11:11 am

    So this is how Spiderman’s taser webs work!



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  40. Anika Roy on January 16, 2022 at 11:15 am

    That was really great!



  41. William Chen on January 16, 2022 at 11:15 am

    A new branch of physics knocks at the door.
    How to solve the two EXPERIMENTALLY PROVED physical paradoxes, which are described in the two links below:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAydFMDKj2Y
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX14NK8GrDY



  42. 3RACHA's placebo on January 16, 2022 at 11:15 am

    i searched up piezoelectricity for an assignment
    dear God, intelligent and curious people are amazing



  43. General Memelord 69 on January 16, 2022 at 11:17 am

    The lady with Orange hair kinda looks like an Female Inkling



  44. Mark Emery on January 16, 2022 at 11:20 am

    The first practical application lol , um what about the great pyramid as only one example? Ancient civilizations all over the world new this and applied it practically, just look at the high quartz content in the materials used in construction no coincidence



  45. anoop xzxz on January 16, 2022 at 11:21 am

    That was an amazing video … my mind was blown



  46. Aidan Woodward on January 16, 2022 at 11:22 am

    For people out there: electricity is *not* phycik energy

    If crystals really did give you powers I would know because I keep pile of them on the desk in my room