Ngelixa i-Apple isebenza ekuqalisweni kweepads zokutshaja ezingenazingcingo, abaphandi baye baqulunqa itekhnoloji entsha onokuthi ngayo uhlawule ifowuni "ngomoya" kwigumbi. Ewe, ewe, njengoko ufunda.
Abaphandi baye baqulunqa isixhobo esibizwa ngokuba yi "Air-gen" eyenza umbane kumphunga wamanzi usebenzisa iiproteni zendalo.
Ukuvelisa amandla acocekileyo nangabizi
Injineli yombane kunye noprofesa oncedisayo kwiYunivesithi yaseMassachusetts uJun Yao uthe uzama ukwenza umbane "ngaphandle komoya omncinci." U-Yao udityaniswe yi-microbiologist kunye noprofesa uDerek Lovely ekuphuhliseni i-generator.
Ifilimu ye-nanometer-scale ejikeleze ibhiliyoni yemitha isetyenziswa kwijenereyitha. Iintambo zeprotheyini kwi-Air-gen zenziwe I-Geobacter sulfurreducens, intsholongwane ekwaziyo ukuvelisa umbane. Abaphandi bafake iingcingo kwii-electrodes kwaye umbane uqhutyelwa ngokusebenzisa umphunga wamanzi okhoyo emoyeni.
Ngaphambili, ubuchwephesha obukhoyo obunokuvelisa amandla kubumanzi bebunokuvelisa kuphela ukugqabhuka kwamandla okungaqhelekanga okudla ngokuthatha ubuninzi bemizuzwana engama-50.
Kuvavanyo, i-Air-gen ivelise ngempumelelo amandla ombane ayi-0.5 volts kwifilimu engqindilili ye-7-micrometer, enoxinzelelo lwangoku olujikeleze i-17 microamps/cm². Ukuqhagamshela izixhobo ezininzi ngomgca kunokwandisa ukuveliswa kwamandla.
Amandla angenasiphelo efowuni engapheliyo
I-Air-gen ivelisa amandla acocekileyo 24/7 kwaye yenye yezona zinto zikhethekileyo kwaye ziyamangalisa ukusetyenziswa kweeprotheyini ze-nanowires. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, i-Air-gen inokubonelela kuphela amandla awoneleyo okutshaja izixhobo zombane ezincinci ezingadingi mandla maninzi ukuze zisebenze.
Abaphuhlisi babeka yonke imizamo yabo yokuyenza ukuba ihlaziywe kwiiselfowuni.
Inyathelo elikhulu elilandelayo ekuphuhliseni i-Air-gen kukuba abaphuhlisi baya kuyivavanya kwiiwotshi ezihlakaniphile kunye nabalandeli bokufaneleka. Emva koko, iqela lomphuhlisi liya kuba nethemba lokunyusa amandla e-Air-gen ukuhlawula ifowuni. Oku kuya kuthintela imfuneko yokutshaja ngamaxesha athile kwixesha elizayo elingekude. Ayinakulunga ukuthi i-Air-gen inokutshintsha iitshaja ngokupheleleyo kungekudala.
Iibhetri zeselfowuni ziya ziba ngcono ngokukhutshwa kwamva nje kwee-smartphones ezintsha. Abavelisi bakwazama ukunciphisa ixesha lokutshaja ngoncedo lwetekhnoloji yokutshaja ngokukhawuleza. Kungekudala ukutshaja ngaphandle kwamacingo kunye nokutshaja emoyeni kuya kuqhuba ukutshajiswa kweengcingo ngaphandle kwemarike.
Ukuqala ngezixhobo zombane ezincinci ezifana ne-smartwatch kunye iibhanti ezisebenza ngokwasemzimbeni, UNjingalwazi uYao ujolise ekufezekiseni ukutshaja kweselula nge-Air-gen.
Umthombo: News.com.au