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This shaking could double a crystal’s piezoelectricity, the Japanese team reported in a 2011 patent. Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, "Transparent, power-producing crystals could lead to invisible robots, self-powered touch screens," 15 Jan. 2020

This approach, producing what is known as piezoelectricity, is often used in loudspeakers and microphones. Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post, "How the body could power pacemakers and other implantable devices," 9 June 2018

This approach, producing what is known as piezoelectricity, is often used in loudspeakers and microphones. Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post, "How the body could power pacemakers and other implantable devices," 9 June 2018

This approach, producing what is known as piezoelectricity, is often used in loudspeakers and microphones. Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post, "How the body could power pacemakers and other implantable devices," 9 June 2018

This approach, producing what is known as piezoelectricity, is often used in loudspeakers and microphones. Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post, "How the body could power pacemakers and other implantable devices," 9 June 2018

This approach, producing what is known as piezoelectricity, is often used in loudspeakers and microphones. Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post, "How the body could power pacemakers and other implantable devices," 9 June 2018

This approach, producing what is known as piezoelectricity, is often used in loudspeakers and microphones. Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post, "How the body could power pacemakers and other implantable devices," 9 June 2018

To take advantage of piezoelectricity, Dagdeviren and colleagues have developed flat devices that can be stuck onto organs and muscles such as the heart, lungs and diaphragm. Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post, "How the body could power pacemakers and other implantable devices," 9 June 2018

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