Electrical Engineer Jun Yao from the University of Massachusetts says, “We are literally making energy out of thin air”. Yes, the claim is true. Researchers are working on this project for long decades. Scientists informed in an interview that this all started when decades ago they found a microorganism called Geobacter.

It was noticed by the scientists that the Geobacter genus can produce magnetite in the absence of oxygen. Later on, it turned out that this strange organism can also make bacterial nanowires that conduct electricity.

Researchers spent years to find out how they can learn from this organism and build a device that acts similarly. After years of research, we finally have a machine called Air-Gen that can produce electricity out of nothing but just thin air.

The team who built such a thing also has big plans for the future. They said that their current goal is now to implement similar technology in wearables and smartphones. Imagine your cell phone charging itself pulling the energy from the air.

The plans are also to give this supernatural power to the wall paints of your house so that you do not need to pay those hefty electricity bills. It is highly fascinating to think about what we can do with such technology.

How the Air-Gen Will Change Our future

Having no need to charge any device or pay electricity bills will hugely benefit society. Today so many countries are burning coils to produce electricity which is hugely impacting our environment. Having the power to produce electricity wirelessly and without harming our nature will change the way we live today.

Tomorrow you might see a wireless world where you can carry your smartphone, laptop, etc. for a long outing without worrying about the charger or charging slots, you will be able to travel thousands of miles on your electric car without stopping because your car will be charging itself while you are driving it.

We will not only be benefitted from this technology on earth but even on the other planets.

Planets like Mars where we are planning to build human colonies. How easy it will be to produce electricity there without having any need to build or transport materials like wires, transistors, etc that are required today to produce energy.

Even the use of solar panels will reduce hence the cost of living there will come down. We will be able to bring a whole new planet to life from scratch without going through thousands of those obstacles that stopped us so far from settling on the red planet.