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Scientists have managed to harness the energy-producing power of hamsters by fitting them with tiny detector jackets. The devices are strapped to the animals as they run on their cage wheels, capturing the biomechanical energy they release as they exercise. Experts believe the technique could one day be used to capture power produced by humans.

Dr Zhong Lin Wang of Georgia University’s Nano Research Group developed the flexible jackets, which are fitted with wires plugged into a nanogenerator that produces energy when they are bent and stretched. In tests one hamster named Campbell’s Dwarf produced small amounts of AC power – around one twentieth of the output of an AA battery.