Danny Sulit wrote:
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> Thursday's New York Times Circuits section had an article on snow skis that ab
sorbed bumps using piezo tranducers to converting vibration to electricity and t
hen dissipating the energy to heat.
>
> Smart skis?

CV joins on cars sometimes use a rubber disk/s along the shaft to absorb
vibration, kind of like ringing a bell and then damping the ring by
application of hand.   I am sure most of us could match piezos to much
more useful tasks.

regards,
Graham D.