Researchers at the University of Arkansas claim to have found a way to harvest energy from heat (not heat gradients) using graphene and a nonlinear circuit. See here:

• https://news.uark.edu/articles/64925/scientists-design-novel-nonlinear-circuit-to-harvest-clean-power-using-graphene

• https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.108.024130 / https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.09083

• https://arkansasresearch.uark.edu/the-power-of-motion-harvesting-energy-from-freestanding-graphene/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20220715163820/https://www.uark.edu/determined/features/tiny-but-mighty/index.php

• https://www.ntsinnovations.com/graphene-energy-harvesting

I was pretty sure this would violate the laws of thermodynamics. They argue that it doesn't using reasoning I don't understand. I will say that it "works" and resolve YES if external trustworthy organizations determine that their technology is in fact able to extract useful work from ambient heat (i.e. not heat gradients, ambient radiation, etc, and not by releasing energy added in the production process in some way) by close. Otherwise this resolves NO. As this is somewhat subjective I won't trade in this market.

• Update 2025-01-01 (PST): - The resolution will be made in 24 hours unless there are objections. (AI summary of creator comment)