The top-hatted “drinking bird,” once a fixture in science classrooms for demonstrating the basics of thermodynamics, is making a surprising comeback — as the inspiration for a new clean-energy ...

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 electronic ...

How a “drinking bird” engine converts evaporation energy into kinetic motion. How to use a triboelectric nanogenerator to convert kinetic motion into electricity. How to generate over 100 V through ...