Using Nanotech and the Human Body to Power Gadgets by IBM Research published on 2015-06-21T17:50:00Z Thermoelectric energy has served us well since 1821 when Thomas Johann Seebeck found that a thermal gradient between two different conductors produces voltage. In this episode of Inside IBM Research, IBM Zurich researcher Sigi Karg talks about how he and his colleagues are now using nanotechnology to make thermoelectric energy efficient enough to power medical devices and wearable gadgets. Read this publication for more details: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4909551 See also: Sigi Karg’s IBM Researcher web page http://researcher.ibm.com/researcher/view_person_subpage.php?id=6218 Audio transcript http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_group.php?id=6221 Genre thermoelectricity