New Motor, Powered by Light

The new invention, which harnesses the power of light to convert it into mechanical energy, was designed and demonstrated by a team of Japanese researchers, who have proven that they could provide solutions to the mechanical controls that cannot use electric motors. The prototype was built by... [ read more >> ]

Summary sketch of the principle used to design the device

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Summary sketch of the principle used to design the device