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.
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- Educator Ashwini Bharathula
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Animator Ricky Earl, Henry Chung, Noel Yenki Wong
- Designer Nicola Coppack, James Hing, Tom Jordan
- Composer Tom Jordan
- Associate Producer Jessica Ruby
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Pen-Pen Chen