Futureproof Extra: Harvesting electricity from thin air

Published: June 27, 2023, 6:30 a.m.

As our energy consumption continues to grow, we will need to find more and more ways to actually create the electricity we need.\n\nBut soon you might be able to generate clean energy from thin air and that\u2019s just one of the potential uses of a new device created by Dr. Jun Yao, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his team at the University of Massachusetts.\n\nHe joins Jonathan to discuss.