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by de_nied 1040 days ago
"The discovery suggests that wireless energy, like that from Wi-Fi and mobile signals, could cause antiferromagnets to produce electricity that might one day be tapped to power portable electronic devices."

I think this is even a more interesting application.

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Rectennas can do this, it's the basis of passive RFID, but under normal circumstances there's very little power available to harvest.