If you're familiar with the drinking bird toy, you know it as a cheesy knickknack that's adorned office desktops for decades. But anyone with a background in thermodynamics knows that the novelty ...

Inspired by the classic drinking bird toy, scientists have developed an engine that efficiently converts energy from water evaporation into electricity to power small electronics. The device ...

At some point in your life you’ve almost certainly marveled at the classic drinking bird toy, and probably lost a few brain cells trying to figure out how it works. Don’t be ashamed if you ...

Scientists have converted a children's "drinking bird" toy into a tool that generates usable amounts of electricity. The generator could one day be utilized to power a wide variety of small ...

With a "drinking bird" as a generator, the scientists said they were able to successfully harness energy created through the natural process of water evaporation and convert it into electricity.

A Thermal Camera Reveals the Secret of the Drinking Bird Desk Toy A closer look at exactly how the popular desk toy operates. By Avery Thompson Published: Dec 08, 2016 12:29 PM EST ...

At its core, the drinking bird is a heat engine, not that unlike a steam turbine or diesel engine. When the birds head dips in the water, it gets wet. When the water evaporates, the bird's head cools.

Drinking bird toy generates usable electricity. 24 Mar 2024 Hamish Johnston. Dippy device: the team’s generator could power 20 LCDs. ... The now top heavy bird will dip down, putting its beak into the ...

Inspired by the classic “drinking bird” toy, researchers developed an energy-harvesting approach that converts energy from water evaporation into electricity to power small electronics with ...

The retro “drinking bird” is making a surprising comeback — as the inspiration for a clean-energy generator that could one day power your watch and phone.

There are a few ways to harvest 10μW from the environment but, perhaps, none so much fun as a generator based on a ‘drinking bird’ toy built by researchers in China. Dubbed a DB-THG (drinking-bird ...

Inspired by the classic drinking bird toy, scientists in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China have developed an engine that efficiently converts energy from water evaporation into electricity to power ...