Electrostatic motors are now common in MEMS applications, but researchers at the University of Wisconsin and spinoff C-Motive Technologies have brought macroscale electrostatic motors back.

The key to the Wimshurst machine’s operation lies in a process called electrostatic induction, which is essentially the influence that a charged object can exert on nearby objects, even without ...

The system has two turbines that generate electricity through a phenomenon known as electrostatic induction. Under the mechanism, when charged objects, called electrified bodies, are placed near ...